The short answer is yes. Your roof, like the rest of the structure of your home, is covered by your building insurance. But there’s an important catch: insurers don’t cover damage in general terms. They cover damage that results from a specific, listed “event” in your Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and policy schedule. For roofs, […]
Roof Ventilation: Why Your Roof Needs to Breathe Most homeowners think about their roof purely in terms of what keeps water out — tiles, sheeting, flashings, guttering. Roof ventilation rarely gets a mention, yet it’s one of the most overlooked factors in how comfortable, energy-efficient, and long-lasting an Australian roof actually is. A well-ventilated roof […]
One of the standout and memorable building products of the early colonisation of Australia was the use of Corrugated Iron. Originally designed for roofing, it was so adaptable and found its use for everything from shed and house walls, fences, through to its original design as a hardy roof sheet. Developed further, it found its […]
A tiled roof in Australia is a common sight, handed down from our European roots, the tiles have changed slightly over the years. Early English tiles were originally hand cut slate, a naturally occurring stone that was easy to mine into small regular thickness flat tiles. Slate Craftsmen were skilled enough to form a weather […]