Business roofing must be replaced or repaired as needed to maintain property value and to keep customers. Here are some things to think about.
When an individual owns a business,
roofing is one of the many aspects of the building that must be maintained to keep appearances up as well as property value. The way an office or commercial establishment looks and is taken care of will say a lot to customers about the way a company is run. No matter what type of business one operates, a leaky business roofing will have an adverse effect on it. Here are some examples:
Restaurant: Running a restaurant takes lots of stamina, organization and creativity. Hiring the right chefs, wait staff, planning the menu, purchasing the freshest ingredients, decorating the dining areas are all important. The building must be well maintained, too, or catastrophe could happen. Imagine a Valentine's Day with tables full of customers enjoying romantic meals that the chef worked hard to prepare. Candles are lit; flowers are in vases when suddenly the skies open up with a thunderstorm. Repairing the roof hadn't made it to the top of the "to do" list and suddenly, water is dripping from the ceiling. Talk about a mood killer!
Dentists' office: Patients are in chairs having cavities filled, root canals and x-rays taken when a clap of thunder announces the arrival of another storm. Suddenly, the patient who was so nervous about her appointment in the first place is getting soaked with raindrops coming through the leaky roof. Should the dentist ask her to hold a bucket during the procedure? Probably not.
Grocery store: Shoppers are filling their carts with produce, loafs of fresh bread, hunks of wrapped cheese when suddenly there's a large crash in aisle number eleven. Did a display of canned goods fall down? Nope. That moist patch of roof that the manager never got around to dealing with has collapsed onto the linoleum. The customers are gasping, leaving their carts in the aisle and dashing out of the store, afraid of what will fall from the ceiling next.
Day spa: It's Friday afternoon after a stressful work week and the clients have trooped in for facials, massages and pedicures. Ah! Finally a respite from crazy schedules. Lights are dimmed in the massage rooms; clients soak their feet and chitchat with each other while cool jazz and new age music alternately streams from the sound system. Suddenly, there are sounds of pitter pattering raindrops. Is that part of the music? Nope, it's a real storm that has descended with a vengeance. Crash, bang, lightning, thunder and holy smokes, multiple leaks are coming through the loose and missing shingles. Instead of feeling pampered, the clients are feeling panicky. They grab their shoes, clothes and wallets and hit the road as soon as possible. The employees are mad, too. It's not a good day for business.
Leaky business roofing is a terrible thing for a restaurant's, dentist's, grocer's, or day spa's bottom line. Not only will that day be ruined, but customers will remember it and not want to come back in the future, either. Proper business roofing maintenance and repair of a building is a must when it comes to running a business.
