2023-05-01

Zaxby's Ozark

By Brian Andress

Project Scope: When restoration services receive a phone call regarding several leaks on the commercial roof on location in Ozark, AL, It typically is an emergency that needs to be handled in an orderly manner to avoid any disturbance within the restaurant lobby seating areas and especially the back kitchen area. The health department has a strict code involving the integrity of the kitchen's well-kept, clean preparation areas for food when serving the general public. We scheduled an on-site meeting with the management of Zaxby’s Chicken restaurant in Ozark, Alabama. The first thing that our inspection technician noticed was that the roof was very oily from all the grease coming out of the exhaust and capturing the roof system. Although a Duralast PVC single-ply membrane is designed to perform with oil on the roof constantly for many years, we are still responsible as building owners of the Duro-last PVC roof system. We schedule maintenance and care contracts through annual or biannual inspections on all new roof replacements when single-ply membranes are installed. We explained the square footage price for cleaning the commercial roof on site, and there were questions regarding the process that would take place after the roof was cleaned. We turned over a thorough picture album upon cleaning the roof with deficiencies located and any anomalies that might be found through inspection once we can visually see a clean material surface. ? I, the technician on site, will always complete a thorough hail—damage inspection on the single-ply membrane prior to making repair recommendations. Once the roof was completely cleaned with a solvent-free cleaner to ensure the integrity of the PVC single-ply membrane, we realized no hail damage was present on this commercial building roof. The technicians found several punctures from screws that an HVAC contractor had left on the top, and someone stepped on them, causing the puncture to let water into the building. We were able to heat weld T joint patches over the holes that the screws had caused. We also located three pipe flashings that the pundit strap had broken loose, and the Duro caulk was cracking, allowing water into the side of the plumbing pipe. We removed the existing pundit straps and re-applied new pundit straps with Duro caulk located around those pipe flashings to complete this repair. The technicians on site looked up the address of this building to confirm the age and noticed that the roof had a 15-year Duro-last warranty that had expired five years prior. We go back out every year to do thorough inspections due to the age of this roof, and we have this client planning on replacing this roof in the next several years.

2023-05-01

Blake Drive Ozark

By Brian Andress

Project Scope: When restoration services received this call, there was a leak around the chimney concerning the property owner. The property owner had been dealing with this leak for quite some time, trying to get up there, himself, and work on this chimney. We scheduled an on-site inspection by one of our service technicians. By doing that, we found the improper installation of flashings around the chimney and a defaulted chimney cap. I, the service technician on-site, also inspected the condition of the remainder of the roof surrounding the chimney. There was significant wind and hail damage present on this property. The property owner had insurance coverage, and we suggested he look at his policy and ensure he contacted his agent. The insured doesn’t always understand the procedure followed. Hence, it’s always best to contact their insurance agent to follow up on any items on the policy that they do not comprehend before filing a claim with weather-related damage. The property owner started the claim following a conversation with his agent and scheduled the on-site inspection with the adjuster. We were able to meet the adjuster on-site and document the scope of weather-related damage on the roof. The field adjuster asked us to prepare the estimate for the property owner to ensure we have everything in the assessment to complete the scope of work correctly.
The estimators in the office of restoration services use the same insurance estimate bidding program as most of the major insurance companies have implemented. The insurance company did not pay for any Rottenwood behind the chimney. They did complete all their estimates to pay for the roof damages by hail and wind and any collateral damage vents or flashings that were visual through inspection by the field adjuster. We sent in the detail technicians before tearing off the whole roof to fix the Rottenwood around the chimney and install new flashings today. We also installed a new chimney cap and siding. Once we started to remove the siding, we realized that there was Rottenwood behind the siding. We didn’t want to get caught up in improper repair while tearing off the top. And the chimney repairs took longer to fix correctly. Then it took the production crew to install the new roof on the entire property. Restoration services delivered the material for production following the chimney repairs—the delivery and location of material drops to ensure that the property owners had vehicle access and safety coming out of their property once the new roof production started. ?? The superintendent was on-site the morning the tear-off started and ensured that all tear-off went to the roof deck cleaned thoroughly to avoid missing. The supervision of restoration services had everything on-site already, with preparations established through the initial planning. Restoration services provided an on-site superintendent representative to oversee the tear-off and replacement of another great GAF, Timberline, HDZ shingle roof installation.

2023-05-01

Sandy drive Ozark

By Brian Andress

Project Scope: Aaron Pack called the office requesting a quote on a new roof replacement. He immediately informed us that he had already reached his insurance company to inspect his roof, but they found no weather-related damage. The staff offered Aaron the ability to apply for service finance online and promptly explained that it only takes five minutes to be approved. The office of restoration services assigned the highly trained company representative to arrive on-site to meet with Aaron Pack to discuss the processes that we put in place and sit down with our customers in front of them and go over the product knowledge that we obtain from training through GFA shingle manufacturer to give each client the ability to feel confident that they are in a professional environment by hiring a fully vetted master elite GAF shingle contractor for the new roof replaced.?? Restoration services first reviewed each product that GAF would provide to establish a genuine roof warranty on this property of the property owner's choice. The property owner requested that we give the GAF System Plus Warranty. We picked a GAF Timberline HDZ shingle color out on-site with the property owner.
We explained the importance of the roof deck underlayment. GAF offers a felt buster high-traction synthetic roofing. GAF felt a buster layer of exterior protection between the shingle and the roof deck to resist wind, driven rain, or moisture from other sources that can cause damage to your roof structure if not applied correctly. GAF provides a pro-start starter strip shingle. GAF made this high-quality pro-starter adhesion that will tightly lock your shingles in place along the perimeter of the roof edge. GAF found that it’s more cost-effective for the property owner and the contractor to use instead of cutting up strips of shingles as starters before beginning the project costs you in labor and extra material for that process. GAF provides a ridge vent exhaust vent for ridges. GAF Cobra Ridge vent improves energy efficiency by reducing attic heat, which will reduce the HVAC unit's ability to cool properly in the summer. We have also found that GAF Cobra Ridge Vents limit the growth of harmful mold and mildew in your home and minimize paint peeling inside and outside the house. GAF ?provides a storm guard and film-surfaced leak barrier that protects your home and roof system from wind, driven rain, and damaging ice dams. GAF storm guard helps prevent leaks in the most vulnerable areas of your asphalt shingles or metal roof systems. By reducing the risk of costly repairs due to wall or ceiling stains from leaks, we always suggest using these in the areas that GAF recommends. GAF provides ridge cap shingles that protect the finishing touches of your new GAF shingle roof installation with protective ridge cap shingles along all ridges and hips. GAF Seal-A-Ridge protects against leaks and shingle blow-offs at roofs, hips, and ridge areas. They also provide high-quality and less labor, an intense alternative to cut-up 3-tab strip shingles in the ridge areas. Restoration services installed another high-quality roof for a valued client.