Maintaining a Metal Roof
Maintaining a Metal Roof
Posted on: October 10, 2021
If you’ve made the choice to go with a metal roof for your home or business, you’ll want to do everything you can to keep your investment in great shape! Metal roofs are some of the most expensive roofs out there, but luckily, maintenance is fairly easy. The old saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is very true with metal roofs; preventative maintenance tasks are much easier to handle than repairing a roof that’s already damaged.
At least once each year, you’ll need to hire a professional to climb up onto your roof and do an inspection. While you can do this inspection yourself, many people fall off of their roofs each year, causing injuries and even death! Don’t risk seriously hurting yourself when you have qualified metal roofers like those at Shon Boswell Contracting Services in Tampa Bay available to help out.
During a yearly inspection, your roofing contractor will look for:
- Dirty roofing panels
- Accumulation of debris, dirt, or yard waste
- Algae growth
- Accumulation in the gutters and drains
- Tree limbs too close to the roof
- Loose or separating roofing panels
- Scratches or more severe damage to roofing panels
- Damaged flashing
- Rust and corrosion
- Sunlight exposure damage
- Damaged paint
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