Preventive Maintenance
Periodic roof Inspections are a MUST.
If the roof doesn’t leak, don’t fix it. WRONG!
Unseen problems may be looming and will be revealed by periodic inspections, subsequently extending the life of a roof by many years. Even newer roofs should be inspected once a year to identify trouble areas such as cracked plumbing stacks and half-full pitch pans – issues easily corrected if found early.
Protect Your Rental Property Roof
In rental buildings, regular roof inspections also monitor unauthorized penetration points made by tenants. To avoid unauthorized roof penetration points that potentially invalidate roof warranties*, incorporate roof system details into lease agreements and require tenants to work through leasing representatives and authorized roofing contractors on all added penetration points.
To protect your roof investment, inform tenants of:
- Standards for new penetration points or curbs
- The kind of roof system in place
- The warranty details for the roof system.*
*Roofing contractors will not warrant areas that have been worked on by other companies.
Repair vs. Replacement
When do you replace a roof rather than patch and/or repair it?
Maintenance and repair of wall flashings can help extend the serviceable life of the roof system. Once the field (flat section) of the roof starts splitting it is time to replace the roof. Field repairs will occasionally hold, but when they become a regular problem, failure will occur in the not too distant future.
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