Roof-reserve planning
The roof line in your reserve, from the roofs up
A reserve study gives the roof a replacement year and a cost. We give your reserve analyst what is on the buildings, so that year and that cost rest on a walk and not on an assumption.
We walk every building, not a sample of them
Condition is graded the same way on every roof
Remaining life is a range, never a single year
The analyst receives the data in a form they can paste
The roof section
What goes in the roof section of your reserve report
Age and material
Each building's roof covering and underlayment, from your records and from the roof.
Condition grade
One grade scale across the community, with a photo behind every grade.
Repair history
Leaks reported, repairs made and where they cluster.
Remaining life
A range for each roof. Tile often outlasts the underlayment below it, so we state both.
Scope and access
Roof area, stories, how materials reach the roof and where crews can park.
Dated photos
Photos dated with the walk, so next year's walk shows what changed.
What reserve planning from a roofer is not
We are not a reserve study firm. We do not set your contribution level, and we do not tell a board what to fund.
What we give is roof data. Your reserve analyst decides what to do with it, and your board decides what to fund. If the roof section of your study and our walk disagree, we will say where, and by how much, so the board can ask the analyst why.
About roof data and reserves
Do you replace our reserve study?
No. A reserve study covers every component of the community. We cover the roofs only, and give the analyst the roof section.
How often should the roofs be walked?
Once a year is common for a care plan. A phased schedule is re-walked before each phase, so the order follows the roofs.
What if our records of roof age are missing?
Many associations have none. We read what we can from the roof and the permits, and we give a range instead of a year.
Put roof data under the reserve line
A roof walk is the first step. Tell us the number of buildings and we will say what it covers.