A roof over your head
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008I sell warehouses for a living, so I think a lot about roofs.
When I’m underwriting a warehouse, I use these rules of thumb:
-flat roofs generally last around 15 years. You might get more out of a particularly well maintained one, and you might get less if the job was poorly done…particularly if the new roof was laid over the old.
-It’s costing about $3 to $4 per square foot right now in my area to rip off an existing roof to the deck and replace it with a new rubber membrane roof.