A roof, whether commercial or residential, has its life span. For a company, as the day the roof needs to be replaced, the topic will come up more and more often at board and management meetings.
What’s important is not neglecting your commercial roof to the point it becomes the most important and urgent topic at these meetings. Many facility managers will do just that – put off calling a roofing contractor for as long as they are “sure” that the roof will not collapse under the first snow. Doing this, they aim to save some money, but ultimately only make a huge mistake. In the end, the cost of structural repairs, replacing interior furnishings and equipment and finally replacing the roof far outweighs the cost of re-roofing.
Do You Need to Replace Your Roof and How Much will this Cost You?
The good news is that most commercial roofs are built to last decades. However, in order for that to happen, the roof must be taken care of properly and not neglected. Of course, weather and temperature conditions can greatly affect your commercial roof and shorten its life span. For example, water from rain or snow can damage the roof structure and cause a leak. Such a leak provided it is not too big, can be repaired. But as the roof gets “older,” and if it was neglected, too often, repairing it may no longer be an option.
Commercial Re-Roofing Action Plan
In creating your commercial re-roofing plan, start with determining how old the roof is and how much life there is in it still. A professional and licensed commercial roofing company can help you with this by analyzing all the factors that contribute to the damage to your roof.
Once the contractor has determined the extent of roof damage, they can give an estimate on how much longer before re-roofing is needed.
