Articles
Everything written for people working out what to do about a roof.
11 pages in 4 groups.
Capital Planning
- What a capital reserve study is, and how the roof line gets built
What a capital reserve study contains, how the roof line is derived, the levels of study available, and the evidence that makes the roof number defensible.
- Roof Capital Planning for Commercial Owners
How to turn roof inspection findings into a capital plan: remaining useful life, replacement timing, reserves and portfolio roof asset management.
- Managing roofs as assets rather than as emergencies
What roof asset management involves on a commercial portfolio: the register, the rating scale, the inspection cycle and how condition becomes funded spend.
- What decides how long a commercial roof lasts
What decides commercial roof life expectancy, why published service lives rarely match a real roof, and how a remaining life figure is produced.
- When roof spending is capital and when it is an operating cost
How roof spending splits between capital and operating cost, where coatings and partial replacements fall, and why the classification changes roof decisions.
Condition Assessment
- The Roof Section of a Property Condition Assessment
What the roof section of a property condition assessment should cover, how ASTM E2018 frames it, and when buyers need a deeper roof inspection.
- How to choose a property condition assessment firm
Comparing property condition assessment companies on what moves a deal: who walks the roof, who writes the roof section and what the proposal commits them to.
- What a property condition report says about the roof
What a property condition report contains, where the roof appears in it, why the roof line is so often wrong, and what to ask for before the report is issued.
Deal Stages
- Roof Due Diligence at Each Deal Stage
How roof due diligence fits a commercial acquisition timeline: before the offer, inside the diligence window, at negotiation and after closing.
Red Flags
- Three Roof Red Flags That Double a Re Roof Budget
Existing roof layers, site access for debris removal, and rooftop equipment volume: the three variables that can double a commercial re roof cost.
- How many layers a roof can carry, and what each one costs you later
How many layers a roof can carry, how to tell what is already up there, and what an overlay does to weight, roof life and the cost of the next replacement.