Roof repairs in Hoxton Park

Open ground and open weather

Hoxton Park sits at the corner of Hoxton Park Road and Cowpasture Road, with the M7 close by to the west. Until 2008 the old Hoxton Park Airport occupied a large piece of the suburb, and that land has been redeveloped since.

The practical point for a roof is exposure. This is flat, open country on the western edge of the basin, without the tree cover and terrain that shelter suburbs closer to the river. Wind gets a clear run at a roof here, and the wind front that arrives ahead of a summer storm is what lifts loose ridge caps and peels back a flashing that was already tired.

Two generations of housing

Older brick-and-tile housing sits alongside newer estate homes built since the airport site opened up. They fail differently.

Older tile roofs need the usual work: rebedding, repointing, broken tile replacement, valley repairs.

Newer estate homes tend to have long, simple roof planes, often in Colorbond. Their weak points are fixings and flashings rather than mortar. Screws work loose over years of heat cycling, sealant under the washers goes hard, and the flashing where a patio roof meets the house starts to lift.

The usual call-outs

• Ridge caps lifted or missing after a wind event
• Leaks at the junction between a patio roof and the house
• Loose or failing roof screws on steel roofs
• Gutters overflowing because the roof area outgrew the downpipes
• Broken tiles after hail

Get it checked

Call (02) 4601 3500. Free inspection, photos of the faults, and a written quote with the work itemised.

If a storm has already done damage, go straight to storm and emergency roof repairs. For steel roofs and patio covers, see metal and Colorbond roofing.

Nearby we cover Hinchinbrook, Miller and Prestons, plus the rest of the service areas.