Preventive Maintenance
Restoration, Repair & Preventive Maintenance for Commercial Roofing Systems – A Service of Marshall Roofing and Sheetmetal Corporation
Get the Maximum Return on your Building’s Roofing
System
with Marshall Roof Asset Management. Save
Money by . . .
- Keeping existing roofing-system manufacturer warranties in force by performing and documenting the required preventive maintenance procedures
- Avoiding the potential expense of catastrophic damage
- Planning for and controlling the expenses of minor repairs, major repairsand timely emergency repairs
- Extending the life of your roof
Single ply roofing systems coming out of their 10-year initial manufacturer’s warranty period can be maintained for another 10 to 15 years with good management and proper preventive maintenance procedures.
Marshall Roof Asset Management
After its installation, the low-slope single ply
roofing system of a commercial building can become a
forgotten asset. Years of neglect cause minor
problems to balloon into major repair issues and can
speed up a roofing system’s eventual replacement by
as much as a decade. The replacement cost of a
commercial roofing system can equal ten percent of a
commercial structure’s value. Marshall Roof Asset
Management helps building owners and managers
control roof repair costs, extend roof life and
sensibly budget for a roof’s eventual replacement.
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Preventive Maintenance vs. Roof Replacement For a 50,000 sf
mechanically attached single-ply
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Preventive Maintenance
Marshall Roof Asset Management Process
Marshall’s Initial and Annually Updated Roof Asset Management
Our roof asset management process (1) gathers and organizes information for the owner/manager to plan and budget repairs and maintenance, and (2) restores a roof to an acceptable performance level and keeps it there with ongoing preventive maintenance.
Initial
- Perform roof inspection
- Compile historical records
- Corrective action to bring the roof up to an acceptable performance level
Annual Spring and Fall
Roof Inspection,
Analysis and Preventive
Maintenance
- Clean drain areas
- Check all flashings and make minor repairs
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Check for water-tight contact between the roof
membrane and HVAC units,
siding, joints and ductwork - Check for low spots and ponding water
- Clean debris from roof
- Touch up out-of-warranty membranes with sealants, etc. as needed
- Check for new penetrations or equipment on or through the roof
- Check for cracks in parapet walls or copings
- Check if counterflashing is still in proper position
- Ballast minor bare spots
- Consult with building owner/manager on roof condition, problems, solutions, etc.
- Repair minor defects
Cost
The size, age, condition, location, number of, and type of roofing systems will determine your restoration and preventive maintenance costs to participate in Marshall Roof Asset Management. For an evaluation and quotation call 978-548-6000.
Preventive Maintenance
Protect Your Warranty,
Maintain Your Roof
By Bob Marshall, President
Damage to building interior and contents, suspended operations, irate tenants or occupants, and . . . voided manufacturer warranties can result from unattended roofs. These problems occur because the building owner does not inspect his roof(s) regularly.
For example, over time miscellaneous debris can block a rooftop drain. As a result, water builds up around the drain. Over time this ponded water can break down the water-tight integrity of the roofing system and seep into the underlying insulation. The insulation becomes soaked and its R value is greatly reduced. Moisture from the soaked insulation begins corroding the roof deck . . . and so on. This can happen to a perfectly sound, even new, roof if it is left unattended for long enough. A preventive maintenance program will stop minor roof problems before they become major, expensive ones. And, a preventive maintenance program will also put teeth into claims made on a manufacturer's roof warranty.
When was the last time you or your staff walked your roof(s)? If you are not practicing regular, simple rooftop maintenance, then any water damage caused by a leaking roof will probably not be covered under the warranty issued by the manufacturer of the roofing system. When it comes to low-sloped commercial roofing, a building owner's peace of mind should be the result of a reasonable preventive maintenance program and not the roof warranty currently in force. A roof repair/water damage claim made against a roof warranty unaccompanied by a documented record of the roofing system's preventive maintenance activities has far more likelihood of being disputed than a similar claim accompanied by PM documentation.
These inspections should include:
- Clean drain areas
- Check all flashing
- Check for low spots and ponded water
- Check gravel stop joints for cracking
- Clean debris from roof, debris can breakedown the watertight integrity of the roofing system
- Check for new penetrations or equipment on or through the roof
- Check for cracks in parapet walls and copings
- Check the position of counter-flashing
- Reposition ballast to cover minor bare spots
Maintain Good PM Documentation
Keep a
detailed log of each periodic inspection. Good
preventive roof maintenance record keeping is a
necessary prerequisite for making successful
warranty claims. This is particularly important when
there is more than one roof under management and
maintenance.
Records should include:
- Age of roof, age of building
- Type of membrane, flashing and insulation
- Previous repairs
- New (since the installation of the roofing system) rooftop equipment and installations
- Type of structural roof deck construction
- A record of rooftop traffic
- Photos of any roof membrane punctures
- Membrane manufacturer's warranty and contact information
Outside technicians servicing rooftop equipment should be logged in and out and accompanied if possible or put on notice about their responsibility for "incidental roof membrane penetrations." Small repairs should be handled in accordance with the manufacturer's warranty, perhaps by the contractor who installed the roof, or by another contractor certified by that manufacturer.
In addition to avoiding problems and protecting an investment, a preventive roof maintenance program can provide the necessary documentation for the satisfactory enforcement warranty claims.