Tile Roof Repairs Brisbane

Tile roofs fail slowly, then all at once

A tile roof rarely fails in one moment. Pointing cracks. Bedding crumbles. A tile slips in a storm. Water starts tracking under the tile course into the sarking and battens. By the time the ceiling stains, the repair bill has usually doubled.

Brisbane's tile stock is mostly 1960s-80s concrete tiles plus older terracotta. The terracotta itself is often fine, what fails is the fifty-year-old mortar holding the ridge caps down.

Tile roof work we do

• Broken and slipped tile replacement, we carry common profiles (Monier, Boral, Wunderlich) and source discontinued ones through salvage yards
• Re-bedding and re-pointing, old mortar stripped out, ridge caps re-bedded, then finished with flexible pointing that moves with the house instead of cracking
• Valley replacement, rusted galvanised valleys swapped for Colorbond or zincalume
• Sarking and batten repairs, where water's already through, we fix the structure, not the skin
• Moss and lichen treatment, pressure clean plus biocide to slow the regrowth

Concrete or terracotta?

Concrete tiles rely on their surface coating. Once that wears through, 20 to 30 years in, the tiles absorb water, grow moss, and get heavier on the battens. Repairs plus a reseal can add another 10 to 15 years.

Terracotta tiles are fired clay. They can outlast the house. What fails around them is the bedding, pointing, valleys and flashings. A terracotta roof is almost always worth repairing rather than replacing.