In this post will discuss common mistakes most large organizations make when selecting a commercial roofing partner. We aim to help educate you on how the industry works and how you can safeguard your buying decisions, while ultimately stopping the cycle of throwing your good money after bad.
Premature Roof Replacement:
Many organizations with a large portfolio of facilities typically plan building upkeep, and upgrades in numerous waves over many years. They tend to be budgeted years in advance, as facility operations are the bloodline of their business. When it comes to roofing, top level executives don’t use the “squeaky wheel gets the grease” mentality. Instead they spend their roofing budget on the facilities that are home to the top producers, regardless of the current integrity of that roofing system. Let the experts at Design-Pro help you save hard earned profits by helping you determine what roofs need replaced now, and what roofs can wait. And most importantly the science behind WHY.
Solely Focusing on Cost:
While budget considerations are undoubtedly important, making a buying decision solely based on the lowest bid can be a costly mistake. In the commercial roofing industry as the old adage goes “You get what you pay for”, I’ve seen countless examples in my time of installation and workmanship issues that ended up costing the buyer 50% more than the highest bid only a few years after the new roof was installed. A cheap roofing solution can cause more problems than just with the roofing system itself. You must always consider the inventory or high value manufacturing equipment inside your facility, and the ramifications it would have on you and your business, should a premature roofing failure occur. Often for a little more or about the same Design-Pro can design many technologies to last as long as 3-4 roofs from a competitor.
Getting Married to a Material:
If you’re a company that has 25,50,or 75 plus locations spread throughout the country that encounter a magnitude of different weather events, why would one roofing material be best for all those facilities? The answer is IT’S NOT. If you’re dealing with a local roofing contractor chances are they’re incentivized by a material manufacturer to sell you a certain product. With no one facility or its environment being exactly the same, no one roofing solutions should be exactly the same either. Take the guessing out of the equation, let Design-Pro use their proprietary scientific data evaluation to determine the best solution for your build.
Not Considering All The Factors:
A lot of times in the roof buying process decision makes get caught up making a choice based upon a minute detail that product has to over others. A very common one in the field of commercial roofing is the white vs black roofing membrane. The buyer typically gets sold on a white membrane due to the attribute of reflectivity and the major reduction of cooling costs. With a white roof membrane, unless you’re going to pay someone 2-3 times per year to get up on your roof and clean the surface, it’s going to turn a grey blackish color a few years down the road anyway. Insulation factors have a much greater effect of reducing cooling cost then the color of your roof.
Design-Pro understands all of the nuance in today’s commercial roofing industry and all the risk/reward scenarios. Let us help you understand the facts of your current roofing situation, and help guide you into making an educated and informed buying decision.
