Proactive/preventive maintenance – It is mind boggling how owners can have these tremendous investments and look past protecting that interest. Being a roofing contractor I have seen little attention given to keeping the exterior of the building maintained through a proactive approach. For the most part it is a react and repair approach, spend the money if there is a problem. It’s amazing to see the remarkable amounts of money spent to fix and upgrade the interior of a building to draw the clients in and the exterior, other than paint and landscaping is ignored.
Being proactive in the maintenance of the roof, will save them time, aggravation and money. Water, although very important to our lives is not a friend to the building. Leaks will damage or destroy the interior components that you see, lights, ceiling tile, drywall, floors, furniture and so on, these will, of course all need to be corrected at a cost. The interior visible damage is a major cost, but what can be more concerning, more damaging and far more costly is the unseen water entrapped in the roof and walls. Water undetected into these areas can cause structural damages to the roof deck, structural supports. It can cause masonry walls to bulge, spalding brick and have joint failure, causing further damage to lintels failures above windows. These issues could be a huge financial burden.
A proactive maintenance program puts them in control. It allows them to correct little problems, with little expense, before they become big problems with huge expenses. It will save them the aggravation of assessing the problem, chasing for available contractors and most of all, dealing with upset tenants.
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