Wentworthville roof repairs and repointing

Wentworthville runs along the Main Western line between the Great Western Highway and the railway, with the Dunmore Street shops at its centre. Close to the station the housing is inter-war and the roofs are original more often than not; further out it is post-war brick-and-tile; and threaded through both is a steady stream of townhouse and duplex infill replacing single blocks.

Call (02) 9090 4741 for a free look.

Pointing is the recurring job here

More than any other single item, Wentworthville roofs need their ridge and hip capping attended to. The sequence is always the same: the mortar bed under the caps crumbles, the rigid pointing over it cracks, wind-driven rain gets under the capping, and the roof space takes water in a storm while staying perfectly dry in drizzle.

The reason the cracking keeps coming back is underneath the house rather than on top of it. Soils across the Cumberland Plain weathered from Wianamatta Group shale are moderately to highly reactive clays that swell and shrink seasonally, and sites here are commonly classified M or H1 under AS 2870. Rigid mortar has no tolerance for that. Flexible pointing does.

The rest of the list

• Concrete tiles that have lost their surface and are now porous.
• Quad gutters overflowing because the downpipe count never matched the roof area.
• Valleys corroded under leaf litter.
• Flashings at chimneys and wall abutments that have simply aged out.
• Low-pitch sheet roofs on new duplexes with internal gutters and no overflow.

Which council

Wentworthville straddles the City of Parramatta and Cumberland City Council boundary. If an application is involved, your address decides who assesses it.

Nearby

Also serving Pendle Hill, Westmead and South Wentworthville. The jobs themselves: roof restoration, roof repairs. Full coverage list on the service areas page.

Free inspection, written quote. Call (02) 9090 4741 or send the details.