Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Roof: Colourbond vs Tiles 5Sep 12, 2007 8:48 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Roof: Colourbond vs Tiles 15Sep 15, 2007 1:19 am bda20 We are currently renting a house with a tiled roof. Over the last few months, my husband has locked himself out of our house twice - one during the day, and once at night. He climbed onto the roof and kicked a few house tiles out and climbed through the roof. He made a hell of a racket kicking out the tiles and cars drove past while he was doing it. Not one person came out to investigate the noise (we don't know our neighbours). I am so glad we are getting a colorbond roof, as it only took him a few minutes to get into the house each time. Funnily, some of the guys I work with seem to make a habit of this and have gotten in through the roof as well. I locked myself out once and tried getting on to the roof but it was raining and too slippery. So... I ended up smashing a window, this was late afternoon with neighbours home but no one came to investigate. It made quite a bit of noise as well. We also had someone throw a bottle through a front window a few years ago when we were all asleep. No one in the house woke up, nor the neighbours presumably. This is one of the reasons I'm going with laminated (Pilkington Lamguard) glass in the house I'm building now. It's not cheap, but besides being very hard to get through, it also cuts down on noise, reduces heat transfer a little and stops 99% of UV light (so significantly reduces fading). The only problem is, if I lock myself out I'm probably going to need a locksmith to get back in... Cheers. The painted render is a bit chalky to the touch. To prepare the surface for best adhesion, what would you recommend? Also, given that there must be some… 6 8514 Yes i guess this is one of the main reason as i checked one post foundation 4 9997 Do you have solar on the roof, because if its not a laying defect it looks almost like someone has been walking all over the roof in the mid section of the tile (weakest… 2 1936 |