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Yeah its a little bit like that. 14 months of paperwork to get to this point :eek:

We have to commence within 21 days of the build permit being available, so May 3 is the deadline.
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Lucky you...took us nearly 2.5 years from purchase to construction start through all the paperwork!
 
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If i remember correctly you have a colourbond roof. Do you (or anyone else) know the pros and cons of colourbond vs tiles?
 
Flying mermaid said:
If i remember correctly you have a colourbond roof. Do you (or anyone else) know the pros and cons of colourbond vs tiles?
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Less maintenance. Rats etc can't lift tiles and slip into the roof. Same goes for burglars. Less likely to leak. Plus you get the sound of rain on a tin roof. :oops:
 
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With the gutters,eves and downpipes (if any) make sure they have the rain water so it cannot overflow backwards into the eves and into the home in a violent downpour. It is best to have the rain water overflow outwards from our experience.
A metal roof is lovely if you enjoy the sound of rain.
 
The question about a metal roof is: Is the roof genuine Colorbond - and what colour? I see a lot of coloured metal roofs around Perth these days that are terribly faded - and unevenly, so that they look very ugly. This is in areas where the homes are c. 10-15 years old - very short in terms of the expected life of a home. Blue seems especially bad. I am assuming that it is cheaper, non-UV stabilised Chinese product that has been used. Or maybe it is just that anything strongly coloured past grey or off-white is very risky for fading. (I believe that old-style plain galvanised is not allowed because of possible glare to neighbours from reflections.)

I also see similar with 'timber-look' garage doors.

Caveat emptor...
 
JohnM said:
The question about a metal roof is: Is the roof genuine Colorbond - and what colour? I see a lot of coloured metal roofs around Perth these days that are terribly faded - and unevenly, so that they look very ugly. This is in areas where the homes are c. 10-15 years old - very short in terms of the expected life of a home. Blue seems especially bad. I am assuming that it is cheaper, non-UV stabilised Chinese product that has been used. Or maybe it is just that anything strongly coloured past grey or off-white is very risky for fading. (I believe that old-style plain galvanised is not allowed because of possible glare to neighbours from reflections.)

I also see similar with 'timber-look' garage doors.

Caveat emptor...
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yes I have heard there is a cheap Chinese product around.
 
I heard Bunnings have been doing lots of Chinese steel fencing instead of using Bluescope product. I haven’t heard about the quality.
 
JohnM said:
The question about a metal roof is: Is the roof genuine Colorbond - and what colour? I see a lot of coloured metal roofs around Perth these days that are terribly faded - and unevenly, so that they look very ugly. This is in areas where the homes are c. 10-15 years old - very short in terms of the expected life of a home. Blue seems especially bad. I am assuming that it is cheaper, non-UV stabilised Chinese product that has been used. Or maybe it is just that anything strongly coloured past grey or off-white is very risky for fading. (I believe that old-style plain galvanised is not allowed because of possible glare to neighbours from reflections.)

I also see similar with 'timber-look' garage doors.

Caveat emptor...
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We had a faded Colorbond roof-started to fade around the 10yr mark. A mate who was a tradie alerted me to the possibility of having it replaced gratis. I think it was Bluescope that did tests & subsequently replaced free of charge. It was genuine Colorbond that came out of Coffs Harbour I think-the details were on the underside of the sheets that were examined. I had to sign a non disclosure at the time.
For our current new build, Colorbond was dearer than tile-partly explained by current NSW insulation requirements. We are currently renting a near new home and the noise of rain is barely audible from inside.
 
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JohnM said:
The question about a metal roof is: Is the roof genuine Colorbond - and what colour? I see a lot of coloured metal roofs around Perth these days that are terribly faded - and unevenly, so that they look very ugly. This is in areas where the homes are c. 10-15 years old - very short in terms of the expected life of a home. Blue seems especially bad. I am assuming that it is cheaper, non-UV stabilised Chinese product that has been used. Or maybe it is just that anything strongly coloured past grey or off-white is very risky for fading. (I believe that old-style plain galvanised is not allowed because of possible glare to neighbours from reflections.)

I also see similar with 'timber-look' garage doors.

Caveat emptor...
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Yes its proper Colorbond. Monument colour, so pretty dark, not quite black. The upgrade from colour coated concrete tiles to the Colorbond was $1800 for the whole house which I think is very reasonable.

We had colorbond on our old house, I think it was Ironstone, so a purple grey colour. It faded a little over time, but not siginificantly so. It also stood up well to the massive hail storm we had years ago when all the cars in Melbourne got damaged. Not a single dent mark in it.
 
We have heritage red colourbond. It hasn’t faded and it’s say, 14 years old. Could do with a nice lot of rain to get rid of all the dust though!
 
I love the sound of rain on a tin roof - don't think I'd ever choose tiles

Does Colourbond have a lifetime guarantee?
 

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