Commerce Torch Down Modified Bitumen Roofing

Policies on Commerce properties pay for sudden damage and not for age, so the report has to separate the two. Most Commerce claims that fail do so because the damage was patched or cleared before anyone photographed it.

Tile on a Commerce property outlives its underlayment by decades, and the underlayment is the part doing the waterproofing. Material choice in Commerce should follow pitch and exposure first and appearance second.

Every Commerce inspection ends with photographs and a written report rather than a verbal summary and a price. We look at the deck from inside the Commerce attic as well as walking the roof; half the evidence is underneath.

Cheap Commerce quotes usually leave out the flashing, which is exactly where the next leak starts. Repair makes sense on a Commerce roof with life left and one localised failure; beyond that it is money spent twice.

Two visits a year keeps a Commerce roof honest: clear valleys and gutters before the rains, check flashings after the first storm. Annual inspection on a Commerce property typically adds two to three years to the back end of a roof's life.

Two warranties apply on Commerce work — the manufacturer's on material and the installer's on workmanship. Check the licence, liability cover and workers' compensation before any Commerce contractor starts work.

The line that moves on a Commerce quote is deck repair, so it belongs in writing at a rate per sheet rather than as an allowance. Cost on a Commerce roof comes down to size, pitch, how many layers come off and the state of the deck underneath.

Repeat stains in the same Commerce ceiling after every storm point at flashing rather than the field. Granules in the Commerce gutters are the earliest honest warning that a shingle roof is past halfway.