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Roofing for Facilities Managers & Commercial Estates
Offices, retail and industrial units cannot stop trading because a roof needs attention. Our job is to work around yours: access and permits agreed in advance, disruption timed and flagged, and every visit documented so the building file stays complete.
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Disruption is a planning failure
Almost everything a flat roof needs can be done without interrupting the business below, provided it is sequenced properly. Surveys and planned maintenance visits fit around opening hours; noisy or access-affecting work is flagged and timed in advance; deliveries and waste move on agreed routes. Where a site runs a permit-to-work system for roof access or hot works, we work inside it, with method statements submitted ahead and hot works closed out daily under the Safe2Torch discipline.
Plant, penetrations and the real causes of leaks
Commercial roofs carry the most hardware: air handling units, supports, cable trays, gas lines, satellite mounts. Every one is a penetration or an upstand, and that is where leaks start. Our surveys pay specific attention to detailing around plant, and where sheet membrane cannot form a clean junction we use cold-applied liquid waterproofing, which cures as one continuous layer around whatever shape it meets.
Where to start
The commercial hub covers our overall way of working. For a portfolio, start with a condition survey of the roofs you know least about; the reports give you priorities you can defend at budget time.
Book a surveyFrequently asked questions
Can roofing work happen while the building trades?
Usually, with planning. Surveys, maintenance visits and most repairs can be sequenced around opening hours, deliveries and quiet periods. Where work is noisy or affects access, it is flagged and timed in advance, so operations decide the programme rather than discovering it.
Do you work within permit-to-work systems?
Yes. Where a site runs permits for roof access, hot works or working at height, we work inside the system: method statements and risk assessments submitted in advance, permits signed before work starts, and hot works controlled and closed out daily under the Safe2Torch discipline.
What about all the plant on our roof?
Plant is where flat roofs leak: units, supports, cable trays and pipe penetrations interrupt the membrane and collect debris. We survey and detail around plant specifically, using cold-applied liquid waterproofing for awkward penetrations and upstands where sheet membrane cannot form a clean seal without joints.
Can you schedule works across several sites?
Yes. Portfolios are handled roof by roof with one combined picture: each site surveyed and documented, priorities compared across the estate, and maintenance or repairs scheduled to suit operations at each building. Programmes are priced per roof and portfolio after an initial survey.
What is the first step for an FM portfolio?
A condition survey of the roofs with the least recent information, delivered as a photographed, prioritised report per building. It gives you evidence for budgets and a defensible answer to the question every FM gets eventually: did we know about that roof?
A roof problem that cannot stop the business?
That is the constraint we plan around every day. Tell us about the site and the hours it keeps.
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