Tile Roof Restoration in Gosford and the Central Coast

Roof tiling is its own trade category under the Home Building Regulation 2014, and it already covers what a tile restoration job usually involves: re-bedding and re-pointing ridge caps, replacing broken tiles, and applying a protective coating, provided none of it changes the roof's structure. Over A$5,000 in labour and materials including GST, the contractor needs a NSW contractor licence in this category.

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What tile roof restoration in Gosford and the Central Coast actually involves

A roof tile is a pressed or moulded concrete, clay or metal tile fixed in rows to battens. The roof tiling category covers tile bedding and pointing, flashing valleys, anti-ponding board, sarking and battens, and putting in skylights and ventilators, plus protective coatings on the roof, as long as none of it involves a structural change to the roof or its parts. The trade qualification behind it is a Certificate III in Roof Tiling.

Re-bedding and re-pointing ridge caps

Bedding and pointing of roof tiles sits inside the roof tiling category by name, so the same A$5,000 threshold and licence requirement apply to a re-bed and re-point job as to any other roof tiling work.

Two gloved hands pressing a terracotta ridge cap into a mound of grey mortar along a roof ridge, a trowel on the tiles beside them — tile roof restoration, Gosford and the Central Coast. Illustrative example.

Before the first tile comes off

Buildings from before 1990 may contain asbestos, and a licensed asbestos assessor should be contacted first if you are unsure when the house was built. Fragile roof surfaces, including plastic and asbestos sheeting, should not be walked on unless a competent person has assessed them as structurally sound. The main page covers the contract, deposit and cover rules.

Ask the provider whether the quote covers the bedding, the pointing and any replacement tiles separately, and which licence category the work falls under.

A cracked terracotta roof tile and a new smooth tile held side by side over a row of tiles by two grey-gloved hands — tile roof restoration, Gosford and the Central Coast. Illustrative example.

Roof restoration costs and rules check