Updated October 2026
Stratton is a City of Swan suburb at the foot of the scarp and is named on primary sources among the localities sitting at the Darling Scarp's western edge. The housing is generally newer than the Mundaring villages above it, with more metal roofing in the mix alongside the tile.
That changes the conversation. A newer roof often needs cleaning, a gutter check and the valleys cleared rather than a full restoration, and an honest roofer will say so.
We connect you with roof restoration specialists who work the Foothills suburbs below the scarp, where most of the stock is 1960s and 1970s project housing.
What a restoration involves
- Pressure clean to strip moss and the chalky remains of the original tile surface
- Replace cracked or broken tiles, sourced to match the existing profile
- Repoint the ridge and hip capping with modern flexible pointing
- Apply primer and two coats of roof membrane in your chosen colour
On guide pricing only, and from Australian cost guides rather than Perth rates, a full restoration on a typical Hills home usually lands in the thousands. See the cost guide for what moves the number.
Newer roofs need a different answer
On a roof under about twenty years old the tiles and the pointing are usually still sound, and what has actually happened is that the surface has dulled and the shaded pitch has grown moss. That is a cleaning and maintenance job, not a restoration, and paying for a full coating system too early is money spent ahead of time.
Where Stratton does carry metal, the restoration path is different again: inspect the sheets, laps and screws, treat rust before it becomes structural, replace backed-out fasteners, then prime and coat. See metal roof restoration for what that involves.
Frequently asked questions
My roof is only fifteen years old. Does it need anything?
Probably a clean, a valley clear and a gutter check rather than a restoration. Get an inspection and expect to be told it can wait, because on a roof that age it usually can.
Is Colorbond worth coating?
When it has faded or chalked, yes, and it takes a membrane well. When it is still sound, cleaning is the sensible answer and coating can wait.
Does a steeper block cost more here?
Where the ground falls away, set-up and edge protection take longer, and that should show as its own line on the quote. It varies street by street in Stratton.