Your garage’s flat roof, when properly installed, offers years of reliable service. Over time, however, certain things can cause your roof to begin to degrade – poor installation, temperature shifts, sun damage, and storm damage to name just a few. It’s important, therefore, to ensure your garage’s flat roof is properly installed, and then regularly inspected and maintained to ensure it has the longest possible service life.

Flat roofs on garages are designed to be as durable as possible, but they can be prone to minor problems over time. Issues such as blisters, tears, holes and loose seams can be easily missed. The issue is that these small problems can grow over time, and eventually may even lead to the whole roof structure becoming compromised. This is on top of other issues such as water ingress.

Flat roofing demands good gutters to ensure the free flow of excess rainwater. If your guttering is not properly installed, or you do not regularly unblock it, it can lead to water pooling on the roof’s surface. This, over time, can lead to issues with leaks and structural integrity.

A garage flat roof can only last if it has been properly installed in the first place. If it’s not, you will be constantly fixing one issue after another. So the first step to ensuring the maximum possible service life of a garage is to contact a professional roof installation specialist. Choosing us, for example, to install your garage flat roof will ensure it’s fitted professionally and efficiently.

As with many things, issues with your garage’s flat roof are much cheaper, quicker and easier to solve the smaller they are. Problems with garage flat roofs don’t go away by themselves – in fact, if you leave them unattended they will continue to get worse until you can’t ignore them any more.

The solution is to invest in regular garage flat roof inspection and maintenance as required. This will allow small issues to be identified and corrected while they can still be done so affordably. Patching, painting, tarring, waterproof overlays, and other methods can help keep your garage roof structurally sound. It will save you time, money and stress in the long run, and keep your garage roof safe.

For more information about garage flat roof installation, inspection, or ongoing maintenance, contact us today.