Should you replace your tiled roof with a Colorbond steel roof?

Roofrite is often asked whether it is possible to replace your tiled roof with a Colorbond steel roof. The short answer is yes. We can do this and have done it many times over. What isn’t widely known are the many reasons why it makes good sense to change your tiled roof for a Colorbond steel roof. We’ve listed a few here for you.

Tile vs Metal Roofing

Read on to learn our favourite five reasons why it is a great idea to replace your tiled roof with a Colorbond steel roof .

Colorbond steel roofing is lightweight.

The average sized concrete tiled roof weights approximately 12 tonnes when dry. Even more when it is wet! Now compare that to an average sized Colorbond steel roof or a zincalume steel roof – approximately 1 tonne. You can now begin to understand why you occasionally see old tiled roofs sagging under the weight of their load. The lighter weight of a Colorbond steel roof also translates to less weight and therefore less strain on the walls and foundations too. This means there is less potential for cracking walls.

Colorbond steel roofing has great thermal performance.

Colorbond steel roofs have what we call the R-Rated Advantage. Colorbond steel roofing when insulated as per the recommendations of the Insulation Council of Australia and New Zealand can achieve a greater R-value performance than tiles.

More importantly, Colorbond steel roofing doesn’t store the heat like terracotta tiles. When the sun goes down, so does the temperature of your Colorbond steel roof. It will cool down faster leaving you more comfortable sooner and contributing to a reduction in energy usage costs. This is a particularly good reason to replace your tiled roof with a Colorbond steel roof.

Colorbond steel roofing is low maintenance.

If you have a Colorbond steel roof you will have very little maintenance to do. Rainwater falling on the roof will generally “wash” the steel roof helping to maintain its good looks. Compare that to the maintenance required for tiled roofs where rebedding and pointing is needed from time to time and the additional maintenance required when tiles crack or break as they become brittle. A Colorbond steel roof is strong, secure, energy smart and delivers outstanding, long life performance.

Colorbond steel roofing is non-combustible.

Colorbond steel is known to have a high tolerance to heat and flames. It is defined as “non-combustible” within the requirements of the Building Code of Australia as well as numerous local councils and fire authorities.

Colorbond steel roofing offers great security.

Colorbond steel roofing is fixed at every batten. This gives you additional security against illegal entry. It is also a well-known fact that Colorbond steel roofing outperforms tiles in severe hailstorms. The roof may dent but it won’t crack.

All in all, Colorbond steel roofing offers you comfort and peace of mind on many levels.

Call Roofrite to discuss changing your tiled roof to a Colorbond steel roof today.

Tiled roof before replacement with Colorbond steel roof and after replacement with Colorbond Steel Roof

Tiled Roof Before Replace Colorbond Steel Roof (image) — Tiled Roof Before Replaced with Colorbond Steel Roof

Tiled Roof Replaced with Colorbond Steel Roof (image) — Tiled Roof Replaced with Colorbond Steel Roof

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If you have any queries, or would like a quote on repairing or replacing your metal roof, please call Roofrite on 03 9499 8059.

Lucy Parker

The team at Roofrite were fantastic and so professional, making sure the job was done properly. Very trust worthy and will use them again.

Damon

After spending ages sifting through reviews online as well as listing the job on a website, I finally found a decent business to replace rusted box guttering as well as repair a separate roof leak next to the Air conditioning unit. When it rained hard enough, water would pour into the ceiling and exit through the downlights. After dealing with some of the "cowboys"out there, (some even had good reviews), my opinion has been that if they can come around at short notice and want cash with no paperwork, then avoid at all costs. I'm a few hundred dollars lighter for this life experience. Some didn't even bother to call back. Fortunately I found Roofrite. The whole process was well managed from start to finish. Someone did the quote with an estimated start date as well as ensuring the dimensions of the new gutter would comply with building code. Then someone else came to measure up the job. The tradies arrived on the date they said they would and did the job, to a very high standard and took away the old Guttering. Finally the office sent me photos taken of the job and a VBA certificate. I can definitely recommend these people who were very professional and friendly. I no longer need to race for the buckets when there is a downpour! Update I was waiting for a really bad storm to hit before doing a follow up review to my original August 2022 post above. Well we got that recently. I am happy to report that after the morning storm that hit Melbourne last week there were no leaks. Excellent quality workmanship is all I can say. Damon

Cathy Harris

We had a large job to replace existing boxed in gutters, fix leaks and replace asbestos lining. The team at Roofrite did a great job to sorry out all the issues, even the ones found after starting the job. They kept us informed of start dates, progress and any issues found. Communication from all of the team was exceptional. We feel like we have had a very high quality job done and feel assured if we have any issues, we can call them to come back anytime. Would definetly use again and recommend for trustworthiness and good value.

Rosemary Jones

Excellent workmanship, communication and lovely people. Highly recommend every part of the organisation.

Bec Wood

Roofrite were great to deal with every step of the way, from the quote through to install. The admin team were equally lovely and responsive, our whole experience was extremely positive and we'd definitely recommend them and use them again in the future.

David Brown

Roofrite re-did the roof at the front of our house and installed 9 skylights. They are an extremely well run organisation who communicate very well. The workers are neat, tidy, polite and extremely high quality. We had no problems with anything they did and they took great pride in their craft. Absolutely love our seemingly leak proof and bright new home!

Tatiana Mauri

Jamie and the team did a wonderful job installing our skylight. We have used Roofrite a number of times and have been very happy with the outcome. They're very professional and we highly recommend them. Karen and Tatiana

Erin Paterson

2. Just wanted to provide some feedback -; From the outset I felt great confidence with Kym, he certainly knows his stuff and made me feel assured that what we wanted could be achieved and actually delivered. It wasn’t as simple as putting on the cladding but we had various issues with leakage and the lack of water proofing by the correct placement of flashing's etc. Then the day finally came were the boys showed up to do the job. The “boys” consisted of Jamie, Jermain, James and ( Chris on occasion). I have to say as a business owner, all of them are very impressive, punctual, hardworking and good at what they do… In particular Jamie is excellent as the leader of the gang and his knowledge and eye for detail is impeccable, he is an absolute asset to your business. I was so impressed by him and his ability to communicate with me what some of the issues were and how he was going to fix them. So overall I am beyond happy with the work and the outcome and it was my pleasure dealing with the boys. Kind regards, Erin.

Roofrite shares five great reasons to replace a tiled roof with a Colorbond steel roof