Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Self-Storage Roof Maintenance: 3 Tips for Keeping Units Dry Year Round

Great article in Inside Self-Storage Magazine this month.  3 Tips for Keeping Units Dry Year Round


Tip No. 1: The Visual Inspection
Before renting out your storage units, make a visual inspection of the interior. 


Tip No. 2: Keep Water Flowing Off the Roof
The self-storage industry uses many types of roofing. Some common roof systems are asphalt shingles, EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer), TPO (Thermoplastic Olefin or Polyolefin), built-up roofing and standing-seam metal. A high percentage of storage facilities have metal roofs. These roofs are designed to shed water by means of gravity. 



Tip No. 3: Keep Gutters and Drains Clean of Debris
If the gutters fill up, then the water will overflow under the eave and into the unit. 


Complete article can be found here...

Self-Storage Roof Maintenance: 3 Tips for Keeping Units Dry Year Round 


Written by RoofConnect's very own, Mick Handloser.  Mick is a Registered Roof Observer (RRO), and a member of the National Roofing Contractors Association and the Roofing Industry Committee on Weather Issues Inc. He currently manages the accounts in the south-central and southwest U.S. for RoofConnect, which offers national roofing services. To reach him, call 870.942.5613; e-mail mick.handloser@roofconnect.com; visit www.roofconnect.com.




Water stains on a storage unit floor.Bad roof fasteners can lead to leaks.

To avoid water pooling on the roof, keep gutters free of debris.

3 comments:

  1. Most of the self storage spaces are dry and clean. You can keep your belonging safe from any kind of damages. Organise your space with the help of a massive range of packaging materials, boxes and bubblewrap on sale at each of our self storage centers. Space Station is a cheap storage london that provides excellent storage facility.

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  2. I've heard of so many bad things happening to peoples stuff that is in a bad storage unit. We have to put some away and we will definitely perform roof maintenance to make sure we don't have those problems. Hopefully we can just prevent it the best that we can!

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  3. Storage should be the safest place for our beloved things. Here, we place one of the important things in our lives. We should really know what and where we store our valued things.

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