Housekeeping and Minor Maintenance Checklist

What to Expect from Your Roofer

Metal Edge Flashings:

  • Repair splits, breaks, and tears in the flange flashing with correct repair material or appropriate membrane.
  • Refasten loose metal components.
  • Tighten and/or replace loose fasteners.

Parapets and Base Flashings:

  • Reseal exposed strip in membrane with correct repair material or appropriate membrane.
  • Tighten and reseal loose fasteners.
  • Fill voids in all areas with sealant.
  • Refasten loose termination bars and re-caulk as necessary.
  • Repair tears, breaks or splits in base flashings with correct repair material or appropriate membrane.
  • Refasten metal copings to continuous cleats.
  • Recoat flashings where repairs have been made.
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Penetration Flashings:

  • Repair defects around pipe/stack flashings with correct repair material or appropriate membrane.
  • Inspect stack leads for cuts and breaks, and seal with appropriate repair material and/or sealant.
  • Fill pitch pans with appropriate repair material or sealant so they cannot hold water.
  • Tighten and/or reseal pipe hoods and clamps to make sure they are watertight.

Roof Membrane:

  • Repair breaks in the membrane with correct repair material or appropriate repair membrane.
  • Seal bare reinforcing membrane with compatible liquid sealer.
  • Touch up reflective coatings wherever repairs are made.
  • Remove rooftop debris such as leaves, branches, bottles, etc., excluding large debris like steel, abandoned equipment, signs, etc.

Scuppers, Gutters, and Drains:

  • Check and re-secure any loose drain bolts and clamps.
  • Check and repair any damaged flashing around drain leads.
  • Advise owner of any missing drain strainers, cracked rings or bowls, and/or missing clamps.
  • Check gutter straps and flanges, making sure they are fastened and flashed.
  • Remove debris from gutters, drains, and scuppers, excluding any debris within the piping or leaders.