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less than optimal and far less than expected or desired by the building owner. • Warranties often fall under the category of liability limiting documents written for the benefit of the writer. • Perhaps most importantly, warranties will in no way ensure that the roof system performance a building owner contracted for will be attained.

ranty length). It is important to note that notification of roofing problems by the building owner are to be made to the roofing manufacturer when a manufacturer’s warranty is in place, and not to the roofing contractor. In steep-slope roofing, the roofing contractor’s warranty is usually direct to the building owner, separate and distinct from the roofing manufacturer warranty and usually of a one- to twoyear period.

Roofing Contractor Warranties
Roofing contractor warranties are usually restricted to only installation, for a duration of one to two years. In commercial low-slope roofing warranty situations, the roofing contractor warranty is incorporated into the roofing manufacturer warranty and usually for a period of no more than two years (regardless of roof manufacturer war-

Roof Purchase and Warranty Considerations
The decision to purchase a new roof is often a daunting one — what system, what materials, what details, which roofing contractor, price, warranty, etc. — and one that usually defaults to lowest price and warranty. The most critical criteria in sound decision making is the quality of installation. Installation quality trumps all other criteria. A building owner will be bet-

ter off with a Class A installation of a Class B roofing system than with a Class B installation of a Class A system. The purchase of a new roof is essentially the purchase of a service — the installation — and all other parameters pale in comparison. Warranty considerations often undermine sound decision making by suggesting an equalization of the other factors — warranties do no such thing. Warranties can serve value, and reasonably equitable labor and material warranties from established manufacturers are a good inclusion in contract documents simply because they represent a document that establishes a level of responsibility borne by a major entity in the event of premature roof failure. CM Macdonald Sprague, III is a fourthgeneration roofer and the owner of MAC Roofing Co., Inc. located in Brockton, Mass.

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