Browse Forums Home Finance 1 Oct 04, 2009 5:43 pm Hi everyone, I have searched this topic and didn't find much. Any comments are welcome Our builder offers a basic range of concrete tiles or Zincalume as standard for the roof. I'm fairly sure we will go for red brick (no render), and our facade is very simple, traditional style. (We also live in an established area where most houses are 50s/60s/70s style) Whenever I look at Colorbond roofs I prefer the lighter grey tones, which are very similar to Zincalume anyway. If we choose roof tiles I only like the darker grey colours with red brick, and having a dark roof at the moment, I can tell you it definitely gets hot in a Perth summer! SO my question is, does Zincalume age well and resist obvious fading/rust/discolouration? I'm a bit suspicious of it because its in the builders 'cheapo' range, not many people seem to use it, and I really don't want it to look like a tin shed Whoops I SO didn't mean to post it on this section!! Can one of the mods please move it? Sorry!! ~*~Moved in on the 16th April 2011~*~ Re: Feedback on Zincalume roof 2Oct 04, 2009 5:58 pm Whereabouts are you building???
Many new estates and certain councils will not allow the use of Zincalume roof. We found that both when we built where we are now in Somerly (it was in the estate guidelines) so we went with Surfmist and also with our new build, the shire won't allow it (I think it interferes with the RAAF planes or something). They did allow Surfmist on our shed roof I think that is why most new home builders don't use it - 'cause it doesn't fit with estate guidelines. If you are in an established area you might not have that issue, but still check with council especially if on or near flight paths Re: Feedback on Zincalume roof 3Oct 04, 2009 6:02 pm Thanks for that! We're building near bayswater. So not far from the airport etc but not in the flight path. ~*~Moved in on the 16th April 2011~*~ Re: Feedback on Zincalume roof 4Oct 04, 2009 8:51 pm We have a zinculume roof, old weatherboard, personally with the right house I reckon it looks sensational, better than colourbond, but that is just me...if you are in Kilsyth, we are in Croydon...no planes have landed in the backyard yet. Re: Feedback on Zincalume roof 5Oct 04, 2009 8:54 pm zoe's mama Thanks for that! We're building near bayswater. So not far from the airport etc but not in the flight path. No worries. Can't help with if Zincalume is an inferior product to colourbond?? Curious to know ??? Re: Feedback on Zincalume roof 7Oct 04, 2009 10:23 pm I would ring the council and ask them. I am certain they werent allowed in the metro area in Perth in the past but the bayswater council will know if you can do it or not (I suspect not though because I havent seen a plain zincalume roof in Perth that I can think of ) Re: Feedback on Zincalume roof 9Oct 05, 2009 10:02 am Ok I think I'll check with the council or maybe get the builder to. I think I have seen several zincalume roofs around the place but I could be mistaken. ~*~Moved in on the 16th April 2011~*~ Re: Feedback on Zincalume roof 10Oct 05, 2009 2:02 pm It would be interesting to know if it's changed but the issue was it was too reflective but I have seen houses with a similar although more modern look but they seem to have some type of coating to make them look quite dull so i cant tell if they're colourbonded or have some other coating to dull them down. It would be a great look in bayswater though so if there's anywhere you could do it that would be the place Re: Feedback on Zincalume roof 11Oct 21, 2009 2:04 pm I am building in Bassendean, WA, the builder listed Colorbond as standard, but I chose Zincalume instead as it is cheaper and has better thermal properties. My site is near the airport, but not on a flightpath, I checked with the council and they said there are no restrictions on using Zincalume. My parents used Zincalume on their house in Shenton Park, WA, built ~7 years ago, again, no problem. Zincalume is every bit as robust as Colorbond, if not more, think of Colorbond as Zincalume + paint. You can see here that the only things used on the Zincalume to create Colorbond are primers to ensure paint adhesion and UV protection and abrasion resistance for the paint itself: http://www.colorbond.com/index.cfm?objectId=8FD7DDF9-E507-5411-2B2C1F48E5D42BE6 Re: Feedback on Zincalume roof 12Oct 21, 2009 2:57 pm We are also in Perth and used zincalume on our first build which was 10 years ago now. I drove past the house the other day and the zincalume roof still looks good. The neighbours on either side had a dark green and a dark blue roof and 10 years on both have faded quite noticeably. Re: Feedback on Zincalume roof 13Oct 22, 2009 3:55 pm Hydaral I am building in Bassendean, WA, the builder listed Colorbond as standard, but I chose Zincalume instead as it is cheaper and has better thermal properties. My site is near the airport, but not on a flightpath, I checked with the council and they said there are no restrictions on using Zincalume. My parents used Zincalume on their house in Shenton Park, WA, built ~7 years ago, again, no problem. Zincalume is every bit as robust as Colorbond, if not more, think of Colorbond as Zincalume + paint. You can see here that the only things used on the Zincalume to create Colorbond are primers to ensure paint adhesion and UV protection and abrasion resistance for the paint itself: http://www.colorbond.com/index.cfm?objectId=8FD7DDF9-E507-5411-2B2C1F48E5D42BE6 great to know... thanks very much ~*~Moved in on the 16th April 2011~*~ Hi, I have an area of zincalume cladding encasing a number of external downpipes. Unfortunately one of them has been permanently stained by some diluted phosphoric acid -… 0 907 As title suggests, looking at using the interlocking Pentablock stacked stone products to replace failing timber retaining… 0 17878 |