Roofing in Curl Curl

A Curl Curl roof enquiry should describe the failed tile, fixing, flashing or gutter and the property’s exposure to the coast. Curl Curl Lagoon lies almost entirely inside the suburb, with the surf beach and the South Curl Curl ocean pool just beyond it. The Roofing Northern Beaches guides explain the work and local checks.

Curl Curl is mostly houses: of its 742 occupied private dwellings at the 2021 Census, 560 (75.5%) were separate houses, 57 (7.7%) semi-detached or townhouses and 119 (16.0%) flats or apartments. So most roofs here are the owner’s own decision, not a strata committee’s.

Salt air between the lagoon and the surf

By our calculation from NSW Government map data, about 18% of Curl Curl’s residential land is within 200 metres of the ocean coastline and about half is within 500 metres. That’s a map measure that ignores shelter and height, not a property check.

BlueScope’s roofing selection guide (TB-1A) recommends Colorbond steel in a Classic or Matt finish more than 200 metres from breaking surf, Colorbond Ultra more than 100 metres away, and SUPERDURA stainless steel closer, measured “from the high water/tide mark”. BlueScope’s bulletins don’t classify Curl Curl Lagoon, so on the lagoon side, ask the roofer to confirm the product with BlueScope. See steel roofs near the coast.

Curl Curl isn’t one of the coastal erosion hotspots council lists, but council watches the lagoon entrance in big seas: before the July 2025 East Coast Low it reported that “Curl Curl and Dee Why are also prepped and being monitored.”

Warringah’s colour and glare controls

Curl Curl is in the former Warringah council area, so the Warringah LEP 2011 and DCP 2011 apply. A single Northern Beaches LEP and DCP were exhibited in mid-2026, and council expects both to commence in mid-2027.

Warringah’s general roof controls set no banned colours. On sites “adjoining, or in close proximity to, bushland areas, waterways or the beach”, colours and materials “must blend in to the natural landscape” (D10); “Roofing materials should not cause excessive glare and reflection” (D11); and D12 points to “medium to dark roof tones”. By our reading, these controls apply when the work needs a development application, not to a re-roof that qualifies as exempt development.

Few heritage limits, no mapped bush fire land

Under the NSW Codes SEPP, replacing non-structural roof cladding is exempt development “if it is not constructed or installed on or in a heritage item or a draft heritage item or in a heritage conservation area or a draft heritage conservation area”, and if it meets the code’s other standards. By our reading of the state heritage map, the items it places in Curl Curl are an institutional building, the ocean pool and a fig tree, none of them a house, and no Curl Curl streets are in a heritage conservation area.

None of Curl Curl is on council’s bush fire prone land map, by our calculation from council map data; the nearest mapped land is in neighbouring North Curl Curl. Your section 10.7 planning certificate confirms the heritage and bush fire status of your own property.

The December 2021 storm

On 19 December 2021 a severe storm cell crossed the Northern Beaches, and ABC News reported the RFS saying the winds “caused the partial collapse of a building in Curl Curl.” For storm damage, council’s advice is to call the NSW SES on 132 500, or Triple Zero (000) if lives are at risk. We’d add: don’t climb onto a damaged roof yourself. See storm-damaged roofs.

Roofing work in Curl Curl

Choose the work you’re planning in Curl Curl, then describe the roof material, condition and access:

• Roof repairs: cracked and slipped tiles, ridge capping, valleys, flashings and rusted metal.
• Roof leak repairs: leaks traced back to where the water gets in, then fixed there.
• Roof restoration: clean, repair, rebed, repoint and recoat a roof that’s still sound.
• Roof replacement: old tile, iron or fibro roofs stripped and replaced, in Colorbond or new tiles.
• Gutters and gutter guard: gutters, downpipes and metal gutter guard.

Before re-roofing in Curl Curl

Whether a new roof needs approval depends on the property, not just the suburb: whether it’s a heritage item or in a heritage conservation area, whether it’s on bush fire prone land, and whether the old roof contains asbestos. Your property’s planning certificate shows its heritage and bush fire status, and Northern Beaches Council explains exempt and complying development. The roofer should confirm the approval pathway with the quote. See roof replacement for the conditions.

Nearby suburbs

• Roofing in Freshwater
• Roofing in Dee Why
• Roofing across the Northern Beaches

Common questions