The Roofing Professionals Westside

19/03/2024

Are box gutters GOOD or BAD?

You often do not have a choice whether you have box gutters on your roof or not. A lot of MODERN roof designs incorporate box gutters to give the home THAT LOOK.

There are things that you need to know if you are thinking of a roof with box gutters - or are stuck with box gutters already.

These things will help you minimise the trouble that you are likely to get if you are CLUELESS about these things called BOX GUTTERS...

18/03/2024

A typical failure at the bedding and pointing at a top ridge is caused by the top row of tiles slipping off the top batten support.

This happens when the top row of tiles are cut and the batten hook at the top of the tile is discarded.
The tiles have lost its ability to grab onto the timber batten and everything relies on the bedding and pointing to hold everything together.

Sooner or later, the bedding and pointing will fail...

31/08/2023

WHY DO COLORBOND ROOFS GET A MOULDY SURFACE NEAR THE TOP RIDGE LINE?

I noticed a post by Daniel on the NSW Roofers page a week ago, asking the question below:

"Does anyone know what the black s**t is under the ridge caps I seen it a lot on roofs and have heard it’s from being close to roads ect ?"

We at THE ROOFING PORTAL, are always on the lookout for the difficult questions. And what may be the answers....

WE are sometimes completely WRONG.
But we are up to learning why we are wrong about things, Then we will ALL know better....

Anyway, our theory goes like this.....

1) Air is a good insulator and the temperature of the air gap between the underside of the colorbond roof sheet and the top of the anticon blanket changes slowly. But the temperature of the roof sheet changes rapidly.

2) This air gap slowly loses heat during the night and is coldest in early morning. That means it keeps the roof sheet cold. Warming moisture in the early morning hits the colder metal and forms condensation on the surface.
If you have two roofs side by side (one with anticon and the other without), you will see more moisture on the roof with anticon...

3) In the winter late afternoon, the air gap in the higher roof areas (ridges) loses heat slowly (it is also warmer that the lower section of the roof due to convection) and keeps the sheets warmer. This means a longer growth period for the mould spores (warm = faster and more growth). Mould like warmth and dampness.

4) The ridge zone is therefore the most friendly to surface mould for growth.

5) Why the CLEAN zone adjacent edge of the of the ridge capping?
There is a wide water collection surface on the ridge and this causes a cascade of water onto the roof at its edge. This tends to wash mould growth away with the higher velocity flow. This 'rolling mould' gathers more mould along its way and clumps together further down the roof sheet, clinging onto the entrenched mould in the 'forest'...

NOW, WE CAN BE COMPLETELY WRONG...
That is what science is all about. Putting up a theory, and hoping that others can prove it wrong.

ANY TAKERS?

08/08/2023

How time flies! It is almost a year since my last update (announcing my ‘transition’ (sic)) after over two decades in the Sydney roof repair business

A lot has happened over at The ROOFING PORTAL (where I have spent the past year) – but since a lot of clients still come through this website to find Jack, so that they can get their roof looked at… Jack felt that it was worthwhile to leave his ‘persona’ HERE to help property owners navigate forward.

2023 has been the year of ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CHATGPT popped up and the world changed.

But Jack isn’t about to deny the world’s transition into an AI driven ecosystem.

So, He has actually done something about it!

Jack is betting that the Roofing Professionals Westside is the FIRST on the Sydney ROOFING scene with a ChatGPT interface that will permit visitors to chat away with the owner of the business 24/7.
This is a GAMECHANGER for the roof repair businesses in Sydney.

The question that Jack has been asking himself this year is “How can I use AI to make it easier for property owners to gather as much useful information as possible to HELP them make the right decisions about their roofs?”

Jack believes that the ability of Large Language Models to pick through his knowledge base and serve it up through precise prompting (questioning) is THE ANSWER.

Try chatting with Jack on The Roofing Professionals Westside and leave some feed back on the comments section of the chat page. Let Jack know what improvements will make your visit worthwhile…

06/01/2023

Have you ever known of a roofing business that launched with a month long game?
The Roofing Portal in Sydney is doing this on January 6th 2023.
It is a game that contained elements of training using the concepts of game changers and breakthroughs.
Whilst the game is specifically built for roofers, it can be played by anybody (from high school students to young people in the workforce, entrepreneurs, business owners, and anyone else who like to play games.
If you are looking for a game changer to create your breakthrough for 2023, this is a good place to start.

11/07/2022

The Roofing Professionals Westside is in transition.

After over two decades in the Sydney roof repair business, Jack just celebrated his 65th birthday and it is now official.
Jack is putting The Roofing Professionals Westside into semi-retirement.
But Jack isn’t about to retire from the Sydney roof repair game…
So, what/who exactly is being retired?

While the Roofing Professionals Westside is having some ‘downtime’, this only applies to new roof repair enquiries.
The business has months of work already booked in – that it is obliged to deliver. It will be concentrating on getting all this roofing work done in the next 3 to 4 months.
Jack has made the difficult decision to disappoint Sydney homeowners looking to get their roofs repaired, so that he can concentrate on delivering current commitments and also have time to build the foundation of the next roofing journey that he will be undertaking post 65…
Jack is wrestling with the question: “What is the meaning of Life?”.

18/03/2021

Heavy rains and flooding in Sydney means two things to us
There are two types of leaking roofs when we get a big rain event like today…
1) Leaking roofs that we have repaired recently during the dry– but are still experiencing leaks. These are our warranty roof repairs and these have priority as soon as the rain stops.
2) Roofs that spring new leaks (or existing leaks that other roofers cannot fix) and the homeowners are desperate to find a good roofer to do a proper roof repair. Roofs in this second will unfortunately be placed in our secondary list of priorities – because of our limited capacity.
Our existing clients always take a higher priority than new customers and we do our warranty repairs first.
To find out why we treat all our roof repairs this way, visit our home page first Heavy rains and flooding in Sydney means two things to us
There are two types of leaking roofs when we get a big rain event like today…
1) Leaking roofs that we have repaired recently during the dry– but are still experiencing leaks. These are our warranty roof repairs and these have priority as soon as the rain stops.
2) Roofs that spring new leaks (or existing leaks that other roofers cannot fix) and the homeowners are desperate to find a good roofer to do a proper roof repair. Roofs in this second will unfortunately be placed in our secondary list of priorities – because of our limited capacity.
Our existing clients always take a higher priority than new customers and we do our warranty repairs first.
To find out why we treat all our roof repairs this way, visit our home page first https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/

25/01/2021

When the heatwave makes way for our summer storms, you need a survival tool if your roof starts leaking.
You need the ultimate roof repair checklist...

We are getting hot days in Sydney - but no storms are expected in the near horizon. I not hoping for heavy rains, but when they do arrive with typical summer ferocity, you will need a survival tool. The ultimate roof repairs checklist.

12/04/2017

Leaking roof repair stories from Sydney
https://youtu.be/SsxnbeVWYUA

All is not good in the leaking roof repair game in Sydney. Go to https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/ to find out why....