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The need for Roof Maintenance

June 28th, 2009

The need for Roof maintenance Is an extremely important aspect of your roof health and life. You wouldn’t Let your car run out of oil or never change it. Just the same your roof needs maintenance. This is Especially important with flat roofs without regular maintenance you can potentially reduce your roofs life span by 50%.
Roof Maintenance programs can be reasonably inexspensive and may consist of the following things depending on what type of roof you have.

1. Powerwashing.
2. Re-sealing of pipes and flashings.
3. Cleaning of gutters and drains.
4. Spot patching of worn and degrading areas.
5. Replacing torn or missing shingles.
6. Replacing broken or missing tiles.
7. Checking to make sure edge metals are securly fasten.

The Case for roof maintenence

Roof drains that have debris blocking them like this leads to roof faliures

Roof drains that have debris blocking them like this leads to roof faliures

Keeping Trees cut back away from roofs Is something your landscapers can and should be doing. Tree litter is one of the biggest sources for roof deterioration.

Tree litter is one of the biggest sources of roof Deterioration

Tree litter is one of the biggest sources of roof Deterioration