Roofing Options

To better understand the low slope roofing options available to you, we’ve found that it helps to use the analogy of owning a car. During the life of your car you could:

  1. Maintain or Repair it (i.e. like doing an oil change)
  2. Restore it (i.e. like overhauling the engine)
  3. Replace it – Low Slope (i.e. like buying a new car)
  4. Replace it – Steep Slope (i.e. like buying a new car)

Maintain Your Roof

Advantages:

  • Routine maintenance is like an oil change for your car… It keeps the roof in optimal condition.
  • Maximize the value of your investment… Realize the longest life for the roof system installs.
  • Insure that any guarantee in place remains in effect… Don’t accidentally lose coverage by failing to maintain your roof.
  • Helps keep your roof ready… For what Mother Nature throws its way.

Shortcomings:

  • Maintenance only takes a roof so far
  • Can only maintain a roof when you have a roof that’s performing well to start with

Repair Your Roof

Advantages:

  • Take care of problems when they occur… Don’t let them become big headaches
  • Using the right materials installes by a professional contractor… Insures that a repair performs for the expected life of a roof.
  • A professional roofing contractor knows how to make repairs; your HVAC contractor doesn’t.
  • Maintenance + good reparis performed by certified contractor helps the roof do what it’s supposes to do.

Shortcomings:

  • Repairs don’t extend the life of a roof… But left undone, the roof life can be greatly reduced
  • Improperly extended, they can either not work or be very short term

Restore Your Roof

Advantages:

  • Conserves Cash… Saves up to half the cost of a new roof; project can also be staged over several years for improved cash flow
  • Extends Life… adds up to 15 years to the life of your existing roof
  • Peace of Mind… manufacturers’ no-dollar-limit guaranteed avalailable up to 15 years
  • Minimal Disruption… installs significantly faster and with considerable less mess than a conventional new roof
  • Financial Flexibility… can often be capitalized or expensed (ask your tax advisor)

Shortcomings:

  • Limited by condition of existing roof… must be in moderately good condition
  • Buyer must choose carefully… not all restoration products perform equally

Replace It – Low Slope

Advantages:

  • Best Long-Term Option… systems often last up to 20 years or more
  • Peace of Mind… manufacturer’s no-dollar-limit guarantees available up to 20 years
  • Fewer installation Worries… large pool of experienced applicators available

Shortcomings:

  • Highest investment… can be double the cost of roof restoration
  • Longest installation time
  • Moderate-to-Severe Disruption and Hassle for occupants