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blackcat20 said:
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!
 
When do you think you’ll be in as opposed to when do you hope to be in
 
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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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.
 
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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