Is Your Roof System Holding Water?

We have a client with a roof that they believe never had any issues because they purchased the building, and it's never leaked.

And granted on the inside, there are no stained ceiling tiles, there's no indication of water coming in, but the problem is when you go up on the roof, you find that there are punctures, there's rips and tears and flashing coming open and seams peeling open, clearly some problematic deficiencies up there.

Water has never gone into the building and leaked because the deck structure that holds it up is made of concrete. The same thing swimming pools are made of. So it's holding water. Water's coming into the roof system, and the building itself is holding water inside the roof system. That is very problematic, and it's something that can become very expensive with many ancillary costs that come into play when it comes time for a roof replacement project.

So, just because water is not coming into the building does not mean you do not have an issue. In fact, we would say if the water is coming into the building, it's good in the aspect that it's coming out of the roof, but if the water's going in and not coming out, that is a big problem that you probably don't even know about.

I encourage you to do annual assessments, get with a roof management specialist that knows what they're doing and can give you good recommendations of repairs that should or shouldn't be made, and can guide you down the right direction, so you do not get past the point of diminishing returns on those repairs before you start planning for a replacement project.