The Sunshine Coast is lower rise than the Gold Coast and the buildings are more of a mix. Along the beachfronts at Mooloolaba, Kings Beach and Caloundra there are 8 to 20 storey units, a lot of them from the 1980s and 90s with painted render, tiled balconies and aluminium windows. Inland towards Nambour and Maroochydore the work is more commercial and industrial: roofs, gutters, signage and structures rather than apartment glass.
Salt drives the coastal work the same way it does on the Gold Coast, but the buildings are older and more of them were built before roof anchors were standard. That means a fair proportion of Sunshine Coast jobs start with installing and certifying a system, or with a pole job from the ground where the building is low enough. Holiday letting also dominates the calendar. Most buildings want the work done outside school holidays, which makes February to March and August to September the busy windows.
Sunshine Coast at a glance
Building types
8 to 20 storey coastal units, mostly 1980s and 90s, plus inland commercial
Typical access
Often no existing anchors, so install first or work from the ground
Usual frequency
Twice a year for glass, annual for anchors
What we watch for
Salt on older render, and school holidays on the calendar
Photos
On site on the Sunshine Coast
Local work
On the ropes on the Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast buildings are more likely than Brisbane ones to need a height safety system installed before anything else can happen. That is worth knowing before you collect three quotes that all quietly assume there is something on the roof to rig from.
We travel up as a block rather than day by day, so the work gets programmed around your quiet season rather than ours. Tell us your letting calendar and we will work to it.