Sometimes it takes a sudden snowstorm or roof leaks, for both homeowners and commercial building owners to realize that their roofing system is not at par. But this neglect can run a high bill for roof repair work that is needed. With regular maintenance on residential and commercial roof repair can be minimized ensuring that the home or office is protected at all times.
But how can you achieve it? It is easy to ensure that roof repair is completed on time but before that you need to schedule regular roof inspections, repairing small leaks before they become larger issues and implementing preventive roof maintenance. This will ensure that lifespan of the roofing is enhanced while you are able to save money on the constant repairs needed due to neglect. It also ensures the safety of the workers, cuts heating or cooling bills, improves the safety of the workers or family.
When you talk about commercial roof repair, the popularity of installing metal roofs has grown in the past few years due to the numerous advantages. These are long lasting, versatile and able to withstand extreme temperatures. Most of the metal roofs last for about 50 years and the warranties on roof repair are for 10 years. This is an indication about how long lasting and maintenance-free these roofs are.
However, there can be leaks, vents from where the water seeps in, or major faults such as breakages in the flashing close to the chimney which may require professional assistance to repair. However, it is tricky business and you can never know how much a roof repair job is going to cost you and that is the very reason that you need to estimate the roof repair job before hiring a professional roofing company.
There are numerous considerations while estimating the roof repair job and here are some of the important considerations that you need to understand before you talk to the professional roof repair contractor. If you intend hiring a roofing company that has a team of expert roofers the cost is about USD 100-375 per 10×10 square feet area. Most of the roofing companies calculate the estimate based on the pitch of the roof, roofing material that is going to be used, ease of access to the roof, height of the building, roofing state permits, square foot area of roof repair, city licenses and the cost of labor.
Repair on asphalt shingles is cheaper and they charge anywhere in the range of USD 100- 130 while repair of wooden shingle is expensive. It costs around USD 200-1000 depending upon the number of shingle that need to be removed and new ones installed, removing the debris, cementing the area after the repair is done. Different companies have different charges so you need to ask them for an estimate before hiring them. Shortlist the companies based on the estimates that they have given you but don’t select the cheapest one as either they will use inferior quality products or will have hidden costs which they will divulge after the work has been completed.