Re-Roofing and Roof Replacement, Central Coast

The point where repairs stop paying

Nobody re-roofs a house for fun. It happens when the pattern changes — when the leaks stop being one failure and start being the roof telling you it is finished. The usual tells: ridge pointing crumbling along every line at once, rust reaching the screw holes so there is nothing solid left to fix into, tiles that break under a boot, or soft battens where water has been sitting for years.

If you are at that point, call (02) 4307 5050. We will inspect the whole roof, including the roof space, and put a written number in front of you with no obligation attached.

Specified for the water that is actually near you

The Central Coast is not one coastal environment. It is three, and a re-roof specified for the wrong one is money wasted.

Open ocean — Terrigal, Avoca Beach, Copacabana, Shelly Beach, The Entrance and the ocean side of the Bouddi Peninsula. Within roughly 100 metres of breaking surf, BlueScope's roofing guidance moves past painted steel entirely and points to stainless. From about 100 to 200 metres, COLORBOND Ultra is the nominated grade. Fasteners to AS 3566 Class 3 are not intended for use within 400 metres of the ocean or other severe marine influence, which puts Class 4 as the practical minimum across most of that strip.

Brackish and sheltered water — Tuggerah Lake, Budgewoi Lake and Brisbane Water, so Long Jetty, Berkeley Vale, Toukley, Woy Woy, Ettalong Beach, Davistown, Saratoga and Hardys Bay. Calm marine water carries its own distance thresholds in the selection tables. It is humid, it is sheltered, and sheltered means unwashed. A lakeside re-roof that gets inland hardware will have corrosion at the laps and gutter line long before its time.

Bushland hinterland — Ourimbah, Lisarow, Narara, Niagara Park, Wyoming and West Gosford. No salt worth specifying for, but heavy and continuous leaf load, steep blocks, long runs of valley and real volumes of water coming off the roof in a downpour. Here the money goes into valley detail, gutter capacity, downpipe sizing and keeping debris out.

Tile or metal

Both are valid. The choice usually comes down to the house rather than the suburb.

Tile suits the existing brick-and-tile stock across Gosford, Erina, Green Point, Bateau Bay and the 1980s estates. Tiles do not corrode, which matters near water, but every piece of metal associated with them does — valley irons, flashings, fixings, gutters. A tile re-roof is only as coastal as its hardware.

Metal suits lighter framing, lower pitches, wide-eaved rebuilds and anything where weight on the structure is a question. It is the common answer on renovated fibro cottages because the original frame was never built for tile. It also sheds leaf litter far better, which matters on a bush block at Lisarow or Killcare.

What a re-roof includes

• Removal and lawful disposal of the existing roof covering.
• Inspection of battens, trusses and any timber that has been wet, with replacement priced separately rather than hidden.
• New sarking or anticon where the build-up calls for it.
• New roof covering in the agreed material and grade.
• New flashings, valley irons, ridge and barge detail, matched to the exposure.
• Fasteners rated for the environment, not generic hardware.
• Gutter and downpipe replacement where the existing run is past it — it is the cheapest time to do it.
• Full site clean-up and a written workmanship warranty.

Work is carried out by established, licensed and insured roofing contractors working to NSW Fair Trading requirements.

Fibro houses and the asbestos question

A very large proportion of the original stock around Woy Woy, Umina Beach, Ettalong Beach, Toukley, Budgewoi and the older pockets of The Entrance is fibro, and fibro from that era frequently means bonded asbestos in the roof sheeting, eaves or both.

It changes the job, but it does not stop it. What it changes:

• Nothing is pressure-cleaned, cut dry or broken up on site.
• Quantity sets who may lawfully remove it. Under 10 square metres of non-friable material can be removed without a licence in NSW; above that, and for any friable material, a licensed removalist is required.
• Disposal is tracked. Central Coast Council accepts it at Buttonderry on Hue Hue Road, Jilliby, and at the Woy Woy waste facility, with a booking made ahead of time and only for material generated within the LGA.

We identify what is present during the inspection and set the removal path out in the quote, so you are not finding out about it mid-job.

Absentee owners and investment properties

A re-roof on a house you do not live in is a logistics problem as much as a roofing one. We work to that reality: access coordinated with your tenant or agent, progress photographed, decisions put to you in writing by email, and the make-good documented at the end. You do not need to be standing in the street at Saratoga to approve a batten replacement.

What it costs

Roof area and pitch set the base. After that: material and grade, how far the truck and ladder can get, scaffold requirements on a steep block, whether battens or timber need replacing, whether asbestos removal is in scope, and whether gutters are going on at the same time.

We will not quote a re-roof over the phone, and we would be guessing if we did. The inspection is free, the quote is written and itemised, and the decision is yours in your own time.

Get a re-roofing quote

Call (02) 4307 5050 or send your details through the form.

If you are not certain a full replacement is needed yet, start with a roof inspection and written report, or read about roof restoration, which is often the cheaper answer when the tiles themselves are sound. You can also check your suburb on the service areas page.