Commercial vs. Residential: What’s the Difference?
Commercial and residential roofs vary in many significant ways, including their design, their complexity and the materials used to make them. While residential roofs are normally peaked into a triangular form, most commercial buildings have a low slope or are entirely flat. Flat roofs are an entirely different animal, since they need to be repaired and maintained differently. Most commercial roofs also have a variety of equipment installed that must be worked around, including air handlers, smoke stacks and piping. Not only do roofers need to expertly work around these items, they need to build a roof with the strength to hold their weight. Residential roofs don’t have any of these obstacles, at most they have a chimney! The complexity and scale of commercial buildings changes the way roofing must be done entirely, and that’s why you need a company that knows the commercial space inside and out to do your commercial job.