Fiddletown roofing for orchards and rural blocks

Fiddletown is one of the smallest places in Hornsby Shire, a quiet rural pocket of orchards and acreage sitting between Arcadia and the Old Northern Road side of Galston, with a population of a couple of hundred at the 2021 census. It has survived a proposal to fold it into Arcadia and remains its own locality.

It is roughly forty kilometres from the city, and it feels considerably further than that from the nearest suburban street.

Roofs on working land

Most properties here carry several roofs rather than one, and the mix is characteristic: a house, often older, with a tile or metal roof; outbuildings and packing sheds in long-run metal; a few structures that have been added to over decades without anyone redoing the flashings.

The faults follow from that:

• Perished washers and backed-out fasteners on shed roofs
• Laps that have opened up on long spans
• Ridge and barge flashings that no longer sit down
• Gutters feeding rainwater tanks with more debris than water after a dry spell
• Patch repairs in silicone where a formed flashing was needed

We will quote the house and the outbuildings in one visit, which saves you paying for the trip twice.

Fire and distance

This is bushfire-prone country, mapped by Hornsby Shire on mapping certified by the NSW Rural Fire Service. Roof work assessed under AS 3959 needs full sarking, sealed roof-to-wall junctions, non-combustible gutter and valley guard instead of plastic, and fine-aperture ember mesh. It is worth doing properly when the nearest help is some distance away.

Getting a quote out here

Tell us what is on the property when you call and we will plan a single visit that covers it. The inspection is free, the written quote is itemised, and completed work carries a workmanship warranty from licensed and insured roofing contractors.

Call (02) 9000 1127 or send the details.

We also work in Arcadia, Hornsby Heights and Westleigh. The full patch is on the service areas page, and shed work is covered under roof replacement.