A family business since 1989
Our own licensed crew, and more than thirty years of Adelaide roofs you can go and look at.
Who we are
Built For Life has been working on Adelaide homes since 1989. We are family owned and everyone who works here is on our books. When you ring the number on this site you get someone who knows what jobs are on this week.
That matters in this trade. Roofing and outdoor building attract a lot of operators who appear for a season and are gone by the time the warranty claims start. We have been answering the same phone number for over thirty years.
- Family owned in South Australia since 1989.
- Our own staff. No subcontractors you have never met.
- Licensed trades across roofing, carpentry and installation.
- The maker's warranty on the materials, and your consumer guarantees on our work.
How we work
Most of the damage we get called to fix was cheap to prevent and expensive to repair. A rusted valley iron is a small job. The ceiling, insulation and repaint it eventually causes is not.
So we would rather tell you your roof has eight good years left and lose the job than sell you a roof you do not need. The referrals that come from that have kept this business going for three decades.
The same goes for how we behave at your place. Your family lives there. Gates get shut. Driveways get swept. Nobody smokes on your property. We get more comments about the driveway being swept than about the roof.
What you get
Licensed and insured
Licensed trades and full public liability cover. You will know who is on your property and who is responsible for the work. Licence and insurance details come with every quote.
Real materials
Colorbond® and UniCote® steel, Dulux coatings, Ziptrak® blinds. All of it carries the maker's warranty, and all of it comes from suppliers we have used for years.
Our own crew, start to finish
The crew who start your job are the crew who finish it. Nothing gets handed to a subcontractor you have never met.
A fixed price in writing
Scope, materials, inclusions and price, on paper, before we start. If we find something unexpected we stop and talk to you first.
Careful around your family
Gates closed, driveways swept, screws and offcuts cleared every day. If you have kids or a dog we will tell you what is happening and when.
Still here in ten years
Family-owned in South Australia since 1989. If you need us later, the phone number will be the same one.
The materials we use
Colorbond® and UniCote® steel, Dulux coatings, and Ziptrak® blinds. All of it carries the maker's warranty, and all of it comes from suppliers we have dealt with for years.
There is a cheaper lookalike for every one of these. It saves a few hundred dollars up front and costs a lot more when it fails early and the warranty turns out to be worth nothing.
Get in touch
Ring or send the form and you deal with Built For Life directly. No call centre, and no middleman selling your details on.
- Phone
- 1800 284 584Answered any time
- [email protected]We'll get back to you straight away
- Service area
- South AustraliaMost of SA, north and south
- Current offer
- 25% off all services25% off our standard quoted price on jobs booked before 30 November 2026. One offer per job. Not combined with any other offer.