Steel sheet, insulated panel or open rafters
- Steel sheet roof: ribbed steel sheet on a gutter beam, with purlins under the sheet. The roof colour comes from the COLORBOND® palette. Colours on screen are approximate, so check them against a physical sample before ordering.
- Insulated panel roof: ribbed steel on top, a flat ceiling below, in 50 mm, 75 mm or 100 mm thickness. Roof and ceiling have separate colours, and a thicker panel spans further, so a deep patio roof can do without a mid beam.
- Open rafters: a pergola with rafters and battens, no roof sheeting, for customers who want filtered shade.
Flat and skillion are one click apart. Flat runs at a 2° fall, the lowest the sheet allows, and skillion at 5°. The back beam stays where the house puts it, so a skillion lowers the front beam, and the model shows that as it happens.
Attached, freestanding or flyover
The Australian scene is a single-storey brick home with a low eave, so an attached beam has no room above the door, and the option says why. The usual answer is a flyover: the roof sits on brackets above the house roof, just behind the gutter, which raises the height of the patio roof. Freestanding stays available and adds its own back posts.
| Dimension | Range | Step |
|---|---|---|
| Width | 2400–8000 mm | 50 mm |
| Depth (projection) | 2000–6000 mm | 50 mm |
| Height at the house | 2400–3000 mm | 50 mm |
The ceiling sells the upgrade
A drawing cannot show what a finished ceiling looks like. The “Ceiling and light” step moves the camera under the roof: the customer picks a ceiling colour, adds LED downlights in fours, sixes or eights and drops in up to three skylights. Daylight falls through each skylight onto the patio floor, and the price rises with every click.
How we calculate the price
The indicative price updates with every choice, and the “How is it priced?” button opens every line with its maths, e.g. “21.6 m² × 300 AUD”: site setup, the roof per square metre, gutter beam per linear metre, purlins or mid beams, posts, flyover brackets, skylights and downlights per piece, ZIP blinds and glass, installation per square metre and approvals (indicative). Prices include Australian GST.
The sample price table sits within the ranges a published 2026 cost guide gives for supply and install: a steel sheet roof, flat or skillion, from about 250 to 600 AUD per square metre, typically 400 AUD, and insulated panel from about 350 to 750 AUD, typically 550 AUD. In a deployment your own price list replaces it, in your currency as well.
DIY kit or installed
The “How to buy” step switches between supplied and installed and a kit delivered to site. A kit drops the installation and approvals lines, uses its own rates and adds a delivery line. The pack appears on the patio, so the customer can see what turns up on the truck.
Wind class, BAL and approvals
The first step picks a location: Perth, Sydney, Brisbane or Darwin, with a wind class to AS 4055, and a bushfire attack level from BAL-LOW to BAL-FZ. A higher wind class means more posts. At BAL-40 and BAL-FZ the insulated panel is blocked with the reason shown, and ZIP blinds switch to louvre walls.
In New South Wales the configurator asks you to check the approval path when the roof goes above the house gutter line or over 3000 mm at its highest point, or exceeds 25 m². These are prompts, not a council decision: approvals depend on the site, the state and the council, and the final word belongs to the certifier. In the version for a European manufacturer, local notification and building permit thresholds take their place.
What the manufacturer gets
Every configuration has its own link that restores all choices, and the summary lists the location, sizes, roof, colours, extras and the indicative price line by line. In a deployment, enquiries can go to your CRM with your price list, colours and rules behind them.
Want to see the configurator with your own product data? Email contact@jsoncrew.com.