Roo Roofing Blog

It is the most important part of your home. It provides shelter, keeps the elements out and endures extreme highs and lows in temperature. But how often do you glance up at your roof to make sure that everything is okay?

Inspecting your roof regularly can seem like a big project, but having the hindsight to inspect for impending issues can prevent costly repairs at a later stage. While it is recommended to check your roof up to twice a year, it is also a good idea to check it before and after extreme weather. 

There are some buildings around the world that have iconic rooflines that make them instantly identifiable and unforgettable. We have had a look at some of the most interesting and inspiring roof designs to emerge around Australia in the past year and have put together five different selections, from five different states.

Given the health risks and continued existence of asbestos in many older residential and commercial properties, questions surrounding the material are plentiful.

In today’s blog, we’re looking at four very common questions that are asked about asbestos and provide you with the basics of what you need to know. Please keep in mind that we’re providing general advice and that you should always do further research in the event you encounter asbestos yourself.

In the past we’ve spoken about green roofs and the benefits they offer.

Today, we’re going to look at the sibling of the green roof, the green wall. While it may initially seem like an odd idea and a design fad (though green walls have been around since the 1930s), you’ll find that green walls actually offer a host of aesthetic and practical benefits.

Green roofs - they do require more time, effort and investment, but they can make for an incredibly unique and beneficial final product.

When it comes to having a green roof, it’s worth remembering that it’s not an all-or-nothing scenario. You can have part of your roof comprised of a ‘green’ design or you can go the whole nine yards. It’s up to you - and it does, of course, depend on the nature of your roof.

We’re now into the second month of autumn, which means temperatures should see a clear drop between now and into winter.

Even if it’s not necessarily its coldest just yet, planning for the cooler months is an important thing to do. While it can be relatively easy to control temperatures when inside the home (be it through increasing sunlight, reducing the flow through of air or even using a heater), it’s a bit of a different story when it comes to the outdoor living area.

On occasion, there may be circumstances that will require you to head up onto the roof. When doing so, doing everything possible to keep you and others safe is of the utmost importance. In today's article, we've listed five key points to remember when spending some time up there.

When your roof sustains damage, there are times when the required roof replacement or repairs could be partially or entirely covered by your insurer - provided you have the applicable insurance policy, of course.

But as with many aspects of the insurance world, whether or not you will be covered - and the extent of the cover - can be dictated by a number of different factors. In this article, we discuss some of the important points to remember when it comes to insurance and your roof.

Various parts of Brisbane were affected by storms over the weekend, with torrents of rain and forks of lightning making for a fantastic show. However, in some areas the rain was so heavy that it caused flash flooding and, sadly, even led to one man losing his life.

Storms in Brisbane can be severe, and events such as those that occurred this past weekend serve as a reminder to the ferocity of nature. Budding social media users, particuarly those on Instagram, took the storms as an opportunity to capture some phenomenal photos of what occurred - from the approaching threat of dark rain clouds to the serenity of sunlight finally shining through once the storm had ended.

While asbestos hasn't been used as a building material for many years, it unfortunately still remains in many homes and buildings built between the 1940s and 1980s. And as we now know, asbestos poses a large host of health risks.

That's what makes it so important to always remember what to do if you discover and set out to remove asbestos from your home. Being careless can lead to serious health issues and even cost you your life as asbestos is known to cause the likes of lung cancer and pleural plaque (scar tissue that forms on the lining of the lungs).