Roofers in Grange, Adelaide
Grange is the quieter neighbour of Henley Beach, with the golf club and the railway line breaking the suburb into long east-west streets that end at the dunes. It is mostly established family housing in the City of Charles Sturt, with steady rebuilding on the blocks closest to the beach.
What usually goes wrong on Grange roofs
- Corrugated iron on the original bungalows rusted under the laps and along the gutter line by salt
- Rusted valley irons hidden under porous 1950s and 60s concrete tiles until a ceiling stain appears
- Moss on the south-facing pitches of the postwar tile roofs holding moisture through winter
- Screw coatings failing within a few years on Colorbond roofs on the seaward side
- Torn sarking and lifted ridge caps after winter fronts crossing the dunes
Local notes from the roofers
Grange is quieter than Henley next door, with the golf course and the railway line breaking the suburb into long east-west streets that all end at the dunes. The original 1920s and 30s bungalows near the jetty and Military Road are under terracotta tiles or corrugated iron, and on the iron ones the sheets are often past saving where the salt has crept up under the laps and along the gutter line. Postwar homes between Military Road and Grange Road are mostly concrete tiles from the 1950s and 60s, now in the porous stage where the surface sheds sand and moss takes hold on the south face. Rusted valley irons are the most common leak in these houses, hidden under the tiles until a stain appears on the ceiling. Newer two-storey homes on the golf course fringe and infill blocks use Colorbond and box gutters, and the exposed roofs on the seaward side lose screw coatings quickly. Winter fronts come straight across the dunes with nothing to slow them, so any lifted ridge cap or torn sarking becomes a leak on the first wet night.
Housing and roof types in Grange
1920s and 30s bungalows under terracotta tiles or corrugated iron near the jetty and Military Road, 1950s and 60s brick homes under concrete tiles between Military Road and Grange Road, and newer two-storey Colorbond homes on infill blocks and the golf course fringe.
