If your tile roof is over fifteen years old and has never been repointed, this is almost certainly the job you need.
No obligation. Takes 30 seconds.
Roofers Perth connects Perth and the Perth metropolitan area property owners with qualified, connects Perth property owners with experienced local roofers for repointing. Tell us the tile type and what you're seeing and we'll match it to a roofer who covers your suburb. Written scope and firm price after an inspection.
The capping tiles along the ridges and hips of a tile roof sit on a bed of mortar. That bedding holds them in place; a flexible pointing compound seals the joint.
Perth's climate — long hot dry summers, then months of wet — cracks that mortar faster than milder climates do. Once it fails the caps loosen, and wind-driven winter rain gets straight underneath into the roof space.
From the ground with binoculars or a phone camera zoom: look along the ridge line for hairline cracks in the mortar, gaps at the ends of caps, or capping that sits visibly unevenly.
Inside, look in the roof space after heavy rain for damp patches along the ridge line rather than out on the field of the roof. That pattern points squarely at the capping.
**Repointing** replaces the flexible sealing compound over sound bedding — cheaper, and appropriate where the mortar underneath is still solid.
**Re-bedding** removes the caps, lays fresh mortar and re-sets them. It's the proper fix once the bedding itself has gone, which after twenty Perth summers it usually has.
A roofer quoting repointing on a roof that needs re-bedding is selling you two years.
$1,500 to $4,500, priced by lineal metre of ridge and hip. A simple hip-and-gable roof has far less ridge than a complex modern roofline with multiple hips.
Get the lineal metre rate rather than just the total — it's the only way to compare two quotes on the same roof.
Perth.
Where this job typically sits. Access is usually a bigger cost driver than size.
| Job | Indicative price | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| Roof inspection and written report | $150 – $350 | Often credited against the work. Worth it on its own before a big job. |
| Ridge capping re-bed and repoint | $1,500 – $4,500 | The most common Perth roof job. Priced by lineal metre of ridge and hip. |
| Leak trace and repair | $300 – $850 | Finding it is most of the job on a tile roof. |
| Replace broken or slipped tiles | $250 – $600 | Per section. Matching discontinued terracotta profiles can add to it. |
| Valley iron replacement | $1,200 – $3,500 | Requires lifting tiles both sides, which is why it costs more than the metal. |
| Gutter replacement | $45 – $95 per metre | Licensed plumbing work in WA. Includes brackets and fall correction. |
| Downpipe replacement | $150 – $400 each | More where it ties into underground stormwater. |
| Roof restoration — tile | $3,500 – $9,500 | Clean, re-bed, repoint and coat. Cosmetic plus sealing, not structural. |
| High-pressure clean only | $500 – $1,200 | Ask what pressure they use — too high strips the glaze off older terracotta. |
| Full re-roof — tile to Colorbond | $16,000 – $38,000 | Depends on area, pitch, access and whether battens need replacing. |
| Asbestos roof removal | from $4,000 | Licensed removal, separate trade. Common on pre-1990 sheds and patios. |
| Emergency make safe / tarping | $300 – $900 | Winter callout during a front. Buys time until a proper repair. |
Prices are indicative only. What a roof costs depends on tile type, pitch, access, how much ridge capping there is and whether the battens or sarking are affected. You get a firm written price after an inspection.
Leaks, slipped tiles, failed valleys and the rest of it.
Tracing a leak to where the water actually enters.
Terracotta and concrete — the two roofs almost every Perth home has.
Winter front damage — lifted capping, displaced tiles and driving rain.
Clean, re-bed, repoint and coat — and the honest limits of it.
Guttering, downpipes and stormwater — the one part of WA roofing that IS licensed.
Tell us the suburb and the roof type and we'll get it to the right person.
Call 0468 181 708