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How Long Does a Roof Restoration Take? A Realistic Day-by-Day Timeline
By the IronPeak Roofing team · 11 June 2026 · 4 min read
From the day work starts, a full roof restoration on a typical Melbourne home takes 3 to 5 working days, weather permitting. From first phone call to finished roof, allow two to three weeks including scheduling. Here is how that time is actually spent — and why rushing any stage shows up later.
Before work starts: inspection and quote
The first step costs you nothing: a free on-site inspection, drone-assisted where it helps, followed by a photo report and an itemised fixed quote in writing. Once you accept, most jobs are scheduled within 1–2 weeks; emergency repairs are prioritised in the same week.
The on-site timeline, day by day
For a standard single-storey tile roof restoration:
- Day 1 — Setup and high pressure clean. Safety rail or harness setup, then a full controlled clean stripping moss, lichen and decades of grime. The roof must dry before anything else happens.
- Day 2 — Repairs, rebedding and tile replacement. Broken tiles swapped, failed bedding stripped and re-laid, valleys and flashings addressed.
- Day 3 — Repointing. Flexible pointing applied over the fresh bedding on every ridge cap, colour-matched to the finished roof.
- Days 4–5 — Seal and membrane coats. Primer-sealer first, then two coats of premium membrane (Shieldcoat, Nutech or Dulux AcraTex). Each coat needs proper curing time between applications.
What can stretch the timeline
Rain is the big one — sealing and coating need dry tiles and a dry forecast, so a wet week can push completion out. Larger or steeper roofs, two-storey access, and discovering extra failed bedding once ridge caps come off can each add a day. A fixed written quote protects you on price either way; weather only ever affects timing.
When the last coat is done, we do a final walkthrough with you, hand over the written 10-year workmanship warranty, and leave the site clean.