Flat roof installation has its own benefits for commercial buildings. The very first benefit is that the flat roofs are very much affordable and increase the economic value of the roof. As the commercial buildings often require electrical and mechanical devices and equipments to regulate the functioning of in-house appliances like air conditioners and heating systems, flat roof offer enough space to accommodate such huge devices. Maintenance work is also been eased with plain surface because the building is a high rise. Two popular types of roofing systems are mentioned below –

Built –up Roofing or BUR -

This type got its name from the procedure being followed to give the complete structure of the roof. There are number of layers formed with different materials used to create the final structure. Generally, the framing structure has different layers to make it strong and durable like the waterproofing, moisture barriers that are included to make it rust and leakage proof. Coal tar and asphalt layers that are traditionally been manufactured are laid in a criss-cross pattern. These layers are more of like some tar-paper that restricts the moisture to enter deep. Nowadays the professionals use the fiberglass sheets that are even more effective. Actually the bitumen that is been used by professionals during flat roof installation is made up of hot tar with gravel including other aggregate materials like white marble, sand and lava rock. The professionals use to scale the Built-up roofing by the number of layers being installed to structure it completely, more layers represents more quality.

Single Ply Roofing or SPR –

The main difference between the BUR and SPR is that a single layer is been used to create the roof in SPR. With the help of a thin membrane made from rubber and is about 0.090 inches long, a layer is been spread in symmetry. The membrane roofs are exclusively designed to serve durability and offer them with longer lifespan. Additionally, this type of roof is considered as highly waterproof. Due to its increasing popularity and simplicity, people are adopting it widely on commercial as well as the residential flat roofing systems. The material being used to manufacture it varies from synthetic rubber, poly vinyl chloride to thermoplastic polyolefin. Single ply roofing systems are considered as more energy efficient than the Built up systems.

Storm damage roof repair system –

Damages are obvious problems after storms and most of the people consider it difficult to restore. Here is a list of steps that you should take to simplify the restoration process –

Inspect the damage –

In order to scale the damage go up the roof and take a look over the surface, sidings, and the rain gutter pipelines. If any of them is been damaged and you then you should take repairing steps to fix it right. After certain time-period the damages are quite impossible to fix, so timely actions are important. Inspection does not mean that you don't have to do anything, experts are the only people who will repair. You should repair some simple damages that are been caused by the storm.

Consult the experts -

Nothing can be good as an expert's advice can be! Consult an expert who can help you in inspecting the damages properly and suggest you appropriate solutions.

Replacements -

After the inspection is over and you know what is exactly wrong with the structure, you should hire a storm damage roof repair service provider. By doing this you can have the appropriate replacements and repair of damages caused due the storm to your house.