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Know the roof price before the roofer arrives

Replacement, restoration and gutter prices per square metre, with the asbestos, wind and council rules for your state.

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Per square metre, installed

Roof prices, measured side by side

Each bar runs from the lowest to the highest published price. The replacement, restoration and removal figures come from three different named industry guides.

  1. Colorbond, classic profile New roof
    $120 to $170 per m²
  2. Colorbond Ultra, coastal New roof
    $140 to $200 per m²
  3. Terracotta tile New roof
    $110 to $180 per m²
  4. Concrete tile New roof
    $70 to $120 per m²
  5. Tile roof Restoration, Melbourne
    $45 to $70 per m²
  6. Metal roof Restoration, Melbourne
    $40 to $60 per m²
  7. Old roof removal Added to a new roof
    $20 to $50 per m²

For the market as a whole, Yellow Pages puts the average replacement cost at $80 to $230 per m². New roof bars use Roofing Calculator HQ, restoration bars use Singh Roofing in Melbourne, and removal uses Yellow Pages. Read the full price guide

Asbestos in the roof: what you may remove yourself

Many homes built or renovated before 1990 still contain asbestos, according to the NSW Government's asbestos site, and the total national ban has applied since 31 December 2003.

Each state draws a line at the same area. Who it binds, and what you need past it, differs.

Compare the three states in full

New South Wales

At or under the line

up to 10 m² of non-friable asbestos in total can be removed without a licence, if you first read and follow the Code of Practice: How to safely remove asbestos.

Past the line

Removing more than 10 m² of non-friable asbestos, or any friable asbestos, needs a licensed asbestos removalist.

SafeWork NSW still recommends a licensed removalist for any amount of asbestos.

Queensland

At home, at or under the line

You can remove 10 m² or less of bonded asbestos from your own home without a certificate.

At home, past the line

Removing more than 10 m² of bonded asbestos yourself needs a certificate from a course approved by Queensland Health.

A roofing or removal business is not covered by the homeowner's certificate. It needs a class B asbestos removal licence for the larger bonded jobs, or a class A licence for friable asbestos.

Victoria

Tradespeople and employers

Unlicensed removal is limited to non-friable asbestos, capped at 10 m², and 1 hour in any 7 days of removal work.

Past the line

All other non-friable asbestos, and any friable asbestos, must be removed by a licensed asbestos removalist.

Homeowners are not bound by that licence limit on their own home, but Victoria says the work is best done by a licensed asbestos removalist.

Wind classes, from N1 to C4

Under AS 4055 a house site gets a class of N1 to N6, C1 to C4. The class is worked out from its region, topography and shielding. Cyclonic areas are wind regions B2, C and D.

Non-cyclonic series

  1. N1
  2. N2
  3. N3
  4. N4
  5. N5
  6. N6

Cyclonic series

  1. C1
  2. C2
  3. C3
  4. C4
Bar height shows order within each series, not wind speed, so do not compare an N bar with a C bar. The QBCC guide to repairing sheet metal roofs in cyclonic areas details fixings for C2 (61 m/s), marked in yellow. What wind class means for a re-roof

Every guide, and what it answers

Nine guides, each built on figures checked at the source. The last two columns count the sourced figures on each page and how many came from a government or regulator page.

Guides on The Roof Price
Guide Answers Applies to Sourced figures From official pages
Queensland roof replacement What a Queensland re-roof costs and which rules apply QLD 27 17
Roof replacement cost per m² What a new roof costs per square metre, by material National 10 0
Restoration vs replacement How much less a restoration costs than a new roof VIC, NSW 14 1
Colorbond vs tile vs terracotta Which roofing material costs more to install and to restore National 15 3
Gutter replacement cost What gutters and downpipes cost per metre SA, VIC, QLD 12 0
Asbestos roof removal rules How much asbestos you may remove without a licence NSW, QLD, VIC 16 15
Council approval, NSW and QLD Whether replacing a roof needs approval in NSW or Queensland NSW, QLD 8 8
AS 4055 wind classification What N1 to N6 and C1 to C4 mean for a roof National, QLD 8 6
How to read a roofing quote What a quote and contract must show before you sign NSW, QLD, VIC 18 13

All guides, newest first

Before you ask anyone for a quote

Quote requests through this site are not open yet. How they will work is set out in full, including who pays us. Until then, the list below is what any roofer will ask you.

Worth having ready:

  • The roof area, if it is on your plans.
  • What the roof is made of now, or a photo if you are not sure.
  • Whether the house was built or renovated before 1990, and whether anything has been tested for asbestos.

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