One of our strategies for getting preventive maintenance done is to come up with monthly "Themes" for the kind of routine maintenance that is often so hard to work into the schedule.
This month's preventive maintenance theme is roofing. We partner with a company who does annual video inspections. Video is great for those of us get a bit, shall we say, woozy, on rooftops. Our vendor walks the roof with a video camera and uploads that video, along with their report and recommendations, so we can log in and compare this year to last year's inspection.
Our guys, in the meantime, focus on the things they can stay up with, like keeping the roof deck and drains free of debris, and checking for ponding after a rain.
Personally, I do get a little lost in the terminology. Bitumen, coping, scuppers, parapets, counterflashing...it does make my head swim, sort of like I feel when climbing up that ladder to the roof.
What a great opportunity to be able to spend time on understanding what it takes to make sure that a roof is working properly. Something that really stands out is that there are options for your crew to be able to witness this without having to all be on the roof during the inspection. Hopefully this will be something that will be enlightening when it comes to understanding this specific business. Thank you for sharing. http://www.americanbuildingandroofing.com
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