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Cairns Roofing

Do you need a roof repaired or laid? Well you’ve come to the right place because Gosper Roofer are the best lay in town. Whether it’s tile or metal roofing you are assured of quality workmanship and outstanding products. Gosper Roofing only use the best Roof tiles, these tiles come with a 50 year performance guarantee combined with quality fixing products and and a 5 year workmanship guarantee you’ll be sure to keep your top on for many years to come.

What to consider when choosing a Roof

It is very important to choose roofing products carefully with the harsh climates of North Queensland. With the very high tropical temperatures and the monsoonal wet season every year you want to make sure that the product you choose will be best suited to the area and climate. The roof is the most important feature of your home, you want it to last for many years to come and look its best at all times. The first choice to make is whether to go for a steel or tile roof.  With a quality brand and top quality installation, both tile and colorbond are fine for the harsh North Queensland conditions, so but it generaly comes down to personal taste.
Mysteel Colorbond roofing comes with a 25 year warranty and Monier concrete roof tiles have a 50 year warranty and the Wunderlich terracotta has a life time warranty and Gosper Roofing offer a 5 year workmanship warranty on both forms of roofing metal or tiles. With the extensive warranties offered you can be sure that with Gosper Roofing, whether its colorbond or tile, your choice will be the right one.
 

Tile Roofing in Cairns

Aren’t Roof Tiles Dangerous in Tropical Areas?

Many people in North Queensland are unaware that Roof tiles are a great option for cairns and surrounding areas. Gosper roofing assure you as a client that roof tiles are just as strong and durable as colorbond roofing and that they will not blow off in a cyclone, each roof tile is individually clipped and all roof tiles have been tested in cyclonic regions. Roof tiles are not effected by salt air, Corbond on the other hand is metal, and if exposed to too much salt air may rust. The Good news for Colorbond option, is there are product’s in the Colorbond range called Ultra. Ultra is salt resistant but is almost double the price of normal color bond roofing due to the high tech coating.
 

Aren’t Tile Roof’s always more expensive than colorbond?

This simply not the case, a roof tiled home can cost the same as a Colorbond roof. Don’t let your builder tell you otherwise as this is simply not the case.

A Major Benefit of Roof Tiles

Roof tiles will make the inside of you home a lot more quite in our monsoonal wet season as concrete tiles  have fantastic acoustic properties. Tiles have a deadening effect on the sound of rain. If a wool blanket or air-cell is installed underneath a metal roof, it also will deaden out the sound of some rain but no-where near as much as a roof tile will.

Roof Colour Considerations

When thinking about colours for you home you should consider all the external product of the external facade. The roof for instance represents 30% of the look, the walls 60% and the fascia and gutter trims 10%, therefore the roof is a very important part to consider.
As a contractor we install both forms of roofing, metal and roof tiles so we as a business think that both products are on par with each other
 

What to look for in a Roofing Contractor in Cairns and North Quesnland

Reliability, a neat & tidy team, and old fashioned politeness go a long way. Above all make sure the contractor is licensed, a good tradesman will ensure that safety is enforced on the work site, make sure all contractors are insured otherwise a mistake may become very expensive for you. You should ensure your contractor offers a minimum warranty of 12 months.
 
In Cairns there are a lot of so called “tradesman” out there not doing the right thing towards the client and it damages the whole industry. If you are considering a re-roof in Cairns please be aware that your contractor needs to have 2/ inspections carried out during the re-roof process. First a frame inspection, this insures that contractors have installed batten screws to battens, strapped the rafters and top ridge as per Cairns City Council requirements, and all rotten timber is to be replaced. Secondly, a final inspection is carried out where the inspectors check that the roof has been installed correctly. Next a certificate of completion is issued, to state that the roof is now up to the Australian standards in roof plumbing and is suitable for cyclonic regions. If the contractor does not have this, steer away from them. Also the contractor has to pay BSA home owners warranty insurance, this covers you as an owner, it has nothing to do with the contractor at all this just helps you in the case of the contractor going bankrupt or an accident resulting in the contractor being unable to complete the roof. This insurance will ensure that the job is carried out at the BSA expense, they will engage new contractor so your job is still completed

The cheapist contractor can end up being the most expensive contractor if the roof has been installed incorrectly and leaks it can be quite expensive to repair so please check the roofers quote very seriously and compare what is not being include in quotation such as, saftey, license, insurance etc.
 
As a client, please ask the contractor of your choice  for BSA license on meeting, to ensure the contractor is licensed and that you are in good care

Products

Products need to have a warrenty ,please make sure all products being installed are up to Australian standards and that they are installed to manafacturers specification as this will ensure that your product warrenty is not void by incorrect installation.

Safety

Its 2010 people! Its safety first for roofers, if the height of the gutter is over 3m on residential and 1.8m on commercial roofing projects OH&S  requires a handrail system fitted to the tail of trusses for safety, you should always ensure that contractors have allowed this in quotation.
 

Maintenance

All types of roofing need maintainence. Things do last longer with some minor maintance every few years, a roof is like a ca,r if it is not maintained it may cost more to repair down the track, to fix if any damage occurs.