replacing tiled roof with tin

[Olive]

anyone know the costs involved?? our roof needs repair- repointing, replacing some tiles, resealing etc... and we are considering changing from tiles to tin and wondering if anyone knows approx how much it costs

[Cupcake]

Do you know roughly how big your house is? I can tell you a rough cost for a brand new metal roof? If that helps?

[maz]

You know that you have to get a qualified roofer or plumber to do it hon
I *think* my SIL paid $10,000 for her's and she has a small 12square home but you could see if anyone has specials on and some places give you a discount if you have a sign on your front lawn for 6-12 months

[Olive]

muppity its around 22sq, thankd hun!!

maz seriously ?????

[Loula]

we just had ours re pointed and painted and about 50 tiles replaced and it cost us $11000! we are happy with it and thought about a new tin roof but i think that would cost about $30000 and wouldnt suite our house style TBH

Ours is about 18

[maz]

I'll double check babe...I'll ask J tonight. She lives in Fern tree gulley and I can find out the name of the person.

ANd yep its not cheap. You have to have a certificate for any work done to your roof now a days and plumbers charge through the nose for their services. We hade the roof put on the extention out the back, its was 3m wide and 15m long and it cost us $4000, $1000 of it was cash in hand to the guy, J helped and $3000 in materials

[Loula]

we did get a quote from a guy for $3000 but like maz said we wanted a building certificate and warenty and stuff

[Olive]

man thats crazy!

[Cupcake]

The company i work for built a house 210m2 (thats the closest in size i could find to yours) last year and the metal roof cost $3000 inc GST if thats any help.

[maz]

The company i work for built a house 210m2 (thats the closest in size i could find to yours) last year and the metal roof cost $3000 inc GST if thats any help.

ahhh but dont forget that building companies get cheaper rates for materials hon and for the $3000 does that include the labour or just the cost of the metal? Does it include guttering, capping, timber needed to 'straighted' the roof for the sheeting to go on (which would have to be replaced aswell). Im pretty sure metal prices went up november from what J told me (he's a building supervisor)

OH and just a thought to...prices may go up AGAIN as Comalco...blue steel what ever its called now in Hastings had a huge explosion not long ago (SIL works there) and they seem to think that metal prices might get more $$$$$

ETA - Ive jsut realised i know way to much in regards to building...Ive gotta get J to shut up when he comes home from work

[Olive]

thanks ammaki!!

maz!!
thanks for all the help and info ladies!

[Cupcake]

We're in QLD too so not sure if prices are different, that was supply install. But thats a brand new house going up... was just a guideline to go off. People in Vic could probably be more help sorry

[Olive]

thanks ammaki, im hoping like mad that thats the price we may be looking at! wil make some calls

[AnyDream]

The problem with converting is that you need to have a different type of wooden supports built into place to hold the new roof (and don't forget it can have an impact on your insulation, etc). So it's extra labour over & above what you would need building a roof from scratch.

Neighbour had his done, $16K - gorgeous colourbond (*drools*).

We recently had ours fixed - some tiles replaced, caps rebedded and thingied with a flexible mortar. $2.8K. It would be another $2 approx to have it repainted with a thermally reflective coating...which is worth thinking about in a hot area. I'm saving my pennies to get it done.

[~Phoenix~]

I was looking at doing the same, my uncle is a builder and told me rough estimate to swap over would be about $15-20K and I would need to change my roof trusses, as they are different for an iron roof.

I ended up having the tiles cleaned, replaced, rejointed and painted/re-sealed for about $3500 and that came with workmanship warranty etc and about 6 spare tiles left behind painted to match in case any cracked over time. I used Roof Seal.......think they are in Vic - I know they've been advertising all over the TV here with some kinda of special atm.

[nic]

I can't do a full reply now, have to go get DS who is calling, then off to school to get DD.

We have a quote to get out roof replace due to storm damage. We are getting zincalume, (not colorbond), plus a solar hart, aerial, and whirly birds, and it comes to about $33000... They legally are required to have scaffolding around the house, so that was about 3 grand. I will put a break down of costs up here for you later on.

[maz]

still wanna do it hon??

[NaeNae]

olive, you've seen my home ... we replaced the tin on the old part of the house (not the bit where i had my baby shower) and they needed to replace majority of the timber as well as it was very old and not so great. It cost us $12k from memory ...... we did get a qquote from a guy in Melb who drove this suped up monster ute thing, he was cool, his quote was about $11k from memory and would take the mess away too ...........

We only went with the local guys because originally the quote was $8K but because we needed timber stuff replaced as well we had to get in other guys to do that

just a tip, if you are getting insulation or want to replace your insulation it will be easiest to get that done at the same time.

Nae x