Roofers in Magill, Adelaide
Magill stretches from the busy Magill Road shopping strip up to the foothills below Morialta Conservation Park, taking in the Penfolds Magill Estate vineyard and the UniSA Magill campus. Post-war family homes dominate, with newer subdivisions and larger rebuilds on the higher ground.
What usually goes wrong on Magill roofs
- Concrete tiles from the 1960s and 70s eroded and porous, absorbing water and growing moss
- Ridge mortar cracked on both terracotta and concrete tile roofs across the older streets
- Storm damage on the foothill streets from wind gusts and fallen branches
- Rusted gutters and downpipes on homes that have never had them replaced
- Tile cracking and poor flashings under solar panel installations
Local notes from the roofers
Magill is where the flat post-war suburbs meet the Hills face, and the roofs change as the ground rises. On the flat streets around Magill Road and the UniSA campus the houses are 1950s and 60s cream brick under terracotta or the first generation of concrete tiles, and those concrete tiles are now at the age where the surface has worn back to bare aggregate and the tile drinks water instead of shedding it. A porous concrete roof is heavy after a wet week and grows moss on its shaded slopes. Up the slope toward Morialta and the Penfolds estate the homes are 1970s to 90s brick veneer under concrete tiles that are younger but more exposed: gusty winds off the escarpment lift ridge caps and drop branches from the big gums along the creek lines. Ridge and hip mortar is the constant across both halves, cracked by heat and the reactive clay beneath. Gutters on many of the older homes are original galvanised and rusted at the joints, and solar installers have left their share of cracked tiles and unflashed penetrations behind them.
Housing and roof types in Magill
1950s and 60s cream brick and red brick homes under terracotta and concrete tiles across the flat ground, older stone cottages near the historic village, and 1970s to 90s brick veneer under concrete tiles climbing the foothills toward the eastern end of Magill Road and the Morialta escarpment.
