Unless the roof over your head is leaking, chances are that you have not paid much attention to what material it is or even what color it is. Most people only worry about their roof when there is trouble, otherwise it is like oxygen, you know it’s there, you can’t see it and you don’t think much about it unless you have trouble breathing.
When you decide to engage a roofing company or roofing contractor to install your roofing system, you will usually get two types of warranties:
- Roofing Material Warranty
- Workmanship Warranty
1. Roofing Materials/Product Warranty
There are many types of roofing products and the product warranties differ from product to product. Roofing Materials/Product warranties range from one (1) year to fifty (50) years. They can only be issued by the roofing system manufacturer and are endorsed for the end user by the manufacturer’s local distributor.
Roofing Product Warranties are issued for the complete roof system and not a single roofing product. Take for instance the REXE Roofing Shingles, they come as a complete set that includes the roofing shingles, special galvanized nails, shingle sticks, special ventilation, and roof underlay. These are all meant to be used together for your warranty to be honored. So, if an issue develops where the manufacturer’s specifications were not followed, then the warranty will not be honored.
Roofing Product warranties strictly cover defects on the roofing products and not any issues arising from poor workmanship by your contractor. It is therefore imperative to only work with a qualified and reputable contractor like REXE Roofing Products Ltd who has a good track record of quality roofing products and roof workmanship
It is impossible to outline all the clauses that pertain to the defects that a Roofing Materials/Product Warranty would cover in one article because each roofing product is unique in its performance and its manufacturer’s installation guidelines and therefore, each product’s warranty varies from the other in one way or another. The onus therefore will be on you to interrogate the written warranty of the roofing product to see if it covers the most important aspects of the roofing product that are most important.
2. Workmanship Warranty
A workmanship warranty will typically cover workmanship-related issues arising from the installation methods or installers or negligence by the roofing technicians. The workmanship warranty does not include roofing materials that might be required for the roof restoration – it only cover the related works. Currently, the most common warranty period for specialized roofing products such as roofing shingles is 10 years.
Reputable Roofing Companies and Roofing Contractors who have been in the industry for some time have acquired the power of hindsight to know that even the best-laid plan can go wrong. They therefore develop solid Workmanship Warranties to complete the gap and handle any risks from the Roof Product Warranty and the installed roofing system.
Terms and Conditions
Most roofing products and workmanship warranties have terms and conditions that you should take note of. For instance, if you engage other service providers such as solar panel installers without engaging the roof contractor, then this will affect your warranty. The warranty will also not cover acts of God such as earthquakes that may affect your roof or fallen tree branches among other issues. You need to take your time to engage your roofing company so as to understand what factors or actions can void your workmanship warranty.
Roof Maintenance Checks
Most roof workmanship warranties from professional roofing companies and roofing contractors include annual roof maintenance checks. This helps them to ensure that any small issues within the warranty period are rectified before they become catastrophic.
Conclusion
Some homeowners and building contractors believe that a roofing products warranty or a workmanship warranty is not necessary if a company is sure of its excellent products quality and workmanship standards. Think of your roof warranty like an insurance policy. When you take it up, it doesn’t mean that you are an unqualified or reckless driver, but it means an accident can happen and should it occur, you are better off protected than exposed. Similarly, with a roofing products warranty and roof workmanship warranty for your roof, should trouble arise, you are always protected and will let the experts deal with it.
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