roofing services in Marong

Old Township Roofs and New Peri-Urban Development in Marong

The original Marong township contains a modest collection of older homes (some from the Federation era, most from the mid twentieth century) with concrete tile, terracotta and some corrugated iron roofing. These properties have often had limited professional maintenance and are typically in need of repointing, tile repair and, in many cases, a full restoration. Alongside the older township stock, the surrounding rural residential lots developed from the 1990s onwards bring a different housing type: larger homes on acreage, often with Colorbond or higher quality concrete tile roofing, now reaching 20 to 30 years of age and entering the first professional maintenance cycle. Working in Marong means we carry the full range of our capability: heritage assessments on the older township homes and modern inspection and restoration work on the newer rural residential stock.

Repointing and Restoration on Marong's Older Homes

The older township homes in Marong frequently present with ridge and hip mortar that has been in place for 40 to 60 years without repointing. In many cases we find the original lime-based mortar has been overlaid with a cement pointing at some point, a combination that frequently leads to further cracking as the harder cement pointing fails to accommodate the movement in the older bedding beneath. Our approach on these properties is to remove failing mortar completely, assess the tile bedding beneath and rebed or re-point using appropriate modern materials. Where tiles have lifted or slipped due to mortar failure, we check the battens and fixings beneath before relaying, rather than simply rebedding into a potentially compromised structure.