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:
Maintain or Repair it (i.e. like doing an oil change)
Restore it (i.e. like overhauling the engine)
Replace it - Low Slope (i.e. like buying a new car)
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 installes.
Insure that any guarantee in place reamins in effect . . . Don't accidentally lose coverage by failing to maintain your roof.
Helps keep your rood 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
A roof needs regular maintenance to keep it in its original operating condition.
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
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