Roof Repairs vs Roof Replacement: What Makes Sense for Sydney Homes in 2026?
The quote comes back and it’s split into two options. Option A: repair the damaged sections. Option B: replace the whole roof. The price difference
With over 20 years of experience, Ivy Roofing specialise in the replacement and repair of existing fibre glass skylight sheeting to commercial and industrial roofs. Skylight roof sheets play an important role in providing cost effective lighting through excellent spanning, light transmission and low thermal expansion. We can attend site to inspect your existing skylights and give the best advice to repair or replace the existing skylight sheeting. Call us today to get expert advice on your skylight replacement.
Ivy Roofing, the roofing specialists, are Sydney’s Velux, Skydome, Skyspan, Regent, and Solatube install specialists. We can install a wide range of the most popular skylight brands and are a leading installer of skylights, solar skylights and skylight accessories in Sydney.
We also install a great range of flashings and accessories for all the popular brands and won’t be beaten on service, quality or value for money. Wiring may be required for various accessories (such as the Electric Light Add On or Dimmer Switch). This may need to be organised separately by a qualified electrician. If you are in any doubt as to what’s required please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Our Installation Team have undergone a complete Certification Program and are experts at installing Skylight Systems into a variety of roof types and home styles.
Ivy Roofing provides roof leak repairs & other roofing services to the following Sydney suburbs & surrounding areas:
Annangrove, Baulkham Hills, Beaumont Hills, Bella Vista, Box Hill, Carlingford, Castle Hill, Cattai, Dural , Glenhaven, Glenorie , Kellyville, Kenthurst, Leets Vale, Lower Portland, Maraylya, Maroota, Middle Dural, Nelson, North Kellyville, North Rocks, Norwest, Rouse Hill, Sackville North, South Maroota, West Pennant Hills and Winston Hills.
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The VSE must be installed between 15 & 90 degrees. If your roof pitch is less than 15 degrees, you must use a custom flashing kit with a pitch adapter.
Our flashing kits are engineered with specific pitch requirements. The roof pitch is important because it ensures that the roof has the proper slope to effectively drain water off of both the flashing and the skylight.
The frame out size is the width and height of the Skylight. The clearance between rafters must be at least width of the Skylight, battens are then placed at a distance equal to the height of the Skylight.
Electric skylights cannot be installed sideways, however a ‘landscape’ size is available (S01 size: 1140×700).
VELUX COMBI-FLASHING is engineered for this purpose. However, the pitch of the roof must be 15° or greater.
The VSE comes standard with our ‘High Performance’ glazing. This glazing provides a laminated internal pane to meet Australian Standard AS 1288, which is required for skylights installed greater than 3m above floor level. This glazing also comes with NEAT™ coating to reduce cleaning frequency.
The VSE comes standard with our ‘High Performance’ glazing. This glazing provides a laminated internal pane to meet Australian Standard AS 1288, which is required for skylights installed greater than 3m above floor level. This glazing also comes with NEAT™ coating to reduce cleaning frequency.
Yes, insect screens are included with openable skylights.
All current skylights have an exterior neutral grey colour that blends well with most roofing materials (similar to COLORBOND ironstone grey).
Yes, blinds are available for new VSE Skylights. If you have an existing Skylight (manufactured prior to April 2010) please contact VELUX with your product code to see if blinds are still available.
The VS must be installed between 15 & 90 degrees. If your roof pitch is less than 15 degrees, you must use a custom flashing kit with a pitch adapter.
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