Roofers in Gawler, Adelaide
Gawler is a historic town at the northern edge of Adelaide where the plains meet the Barossa foothills, with a heritage main street, a racecourse and a river junction at its heart. The Town of Gawler and its growth corridor have added thousands of new homes since the 2000s, so heritage roofing and new-build roofing sit side by side.
What usually goes wrong on Gawler roofs
- Rust at the gutter line and sheet ends on heritage iron roofs with parapets, box gutters and verandahs
- Original lead flashings around stone chimneys fatigued by heat on the Murray Street buildings
- Porous tiles, crumbling ridges and rusted valleys on the 1960s to 80s homes around the old town
- Missed or over-driven screws, poorly lapped flashings and box gutters with no fall on new estate homes
- Gutters and downpipes undersized for the heavy rain that feeds the North Para and South Para rivers
Local notes from the roofers
Gawler is a town in its own right, with a State Heritage town centre along Murray Street of 1850s to 1900s stone buildings, hotels and cottages under corrugated iron, many with box gutters, parapets and verandahs that rust at the gutter line and the sheet ends. Repairs on the heritage frontages need to match profile and detail, and lead flashings around the stone chimneys are often original. Around the old town the 1960s to 80s homes are brick veneer under concrete or terracotta tiles, now with porous tiles, crumbling ridges and rusted valleys. The big change is south and east of the town in the growth corridor around Gawler East and Evanston, where thousands of new homes under Colorbond have gone up since the 2000s. There the issues are construction-stage ones: screws missed or over-driven, flashings poorly lapped, box gutters with no fall and solar penetrations sealed rather than flashed. Gawler is hotter and drier than Adelaide in summer, with strong northerlies ahead of a change and spring hail. The North Para and South Para rivers flood periodically, so gutter and downpipe capacity matters here.
Housing and roof types in Gawler
A State Heritage town centre of 1850s to 1900s stone buildings and cottages under corrugated iron along Murray Street, 1960s to 80s brick veneer homes under concrete and terracotta tiles around the old town, and thousands of 2000s onward Colorbond homes in the growth corridor toward Gawler East and Evanston.
