Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Dec 01, 2019 5:37 pm Read my first home build journey by clicking the following link Building with SJD Homes in 2020 - Charleston 310 Customised Re: Roof - colour bond Vs Tiles? 4Dec 05, 2019 7:15 pm Read my first home build journey by clicking the following link Building with SJD Homes in 2020 - Charleston 310 Customised Re: Roof - colour bond Vs Tiles? 8Dec 07, 2019 6:51 pm Read my first home build journey by clicking the following link Building with SJD Homes in 2020 - Charleston 310 Customised Re: Roof - colour bond Vs Tiles? 15Jan 18, 2020 5:15 pm Read my first home build journey by clicking the following link Building with SJD Homes in 2020 - Charleston 310 Customised Re: Roof - colour bond Vs Tiles? 17Jan 18, 2020 10:48 pm I have had both as well and am currently starting another build with light coloured colourbond and full anticon insulation. To be honest our last house had 15 year old Monier low profile concrete tiles and I was nearly at the stage where I was going to order a skip bin and fill it up with the tiles. They were absolute rubbish. It was a full time job repairing the ceilings from the leaks. There is no way you could walk on them without cracking the tile and I think at times they would just crack for the hell of it. If you must go tile (And I dont know why anyone with an option would even consider them) then go a good quality clay tile and make sure you add sarking to help with the leaks so that the water at least runs to the suffit. Oh and add a storage room so you can stock up on spare tiles. Re: Roof - colour bond Vs Tiles? 18Jan 19, 2020 10:02 am Our current house has a zincalume roof, we've been in this house for 22 years and it's still as good as new, the only maintenance we've done is had to knock a couple of nails back down every few years. Never had a leak. Our new build was always going to be colourbond. Love the sound of rain on the roof, it's certainly not deafening where haven't been able to hear the TV. One thing I'm doing with new build is to have all venting to outside instead of in the roof space. Re: Roof - colour bond Vs Tiles? 19Jan 19, 2020 12:26 pm Brett0004 I have had both as well and am currently starting another build with light coloured colourbond and full anticon insulation. To be honest our last house had 15 year old Monier low profile concrete tiles and I was nearly at the stage where I was going to order a skip bin and fill it up with the tiles. They were absolute rubbish. It was a full time job repairing the ceilings from the leaks. There is no way you could walk on them without cracking the tile and I think at times they would just crack for the hell of it. If you must go tile (And I dont know why anyone with an option would even consider them) then go a good quality clay tile and make sure you add sarking to help with the leaks so that the water at least runs to the suffit. Oh and add a storage room so you can stock up on spare tiles. Re: Roof - colour bond Vs Tiles? 20Jan 19, 2020 6:49 pm We are starting our first build very soon. I wanted to go colorbond, but the partner wanted tiles and so we compromised and decided on tiles. But after reading this idk if i actually want to go tiles now. I didnt realise tile cracking and the risk of leaking ceilings (and the subsequent repair of said ceilings) was so common. i'm really confused now :S 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 1944 Thank you so much. We ended going with the terrain that’s part of our brick. 2 2569 2 9485 |