Replacement vs. Recover Analysis for San Antonio Commercial Roofs

The recover-versus-replace decision is the one where building owners most often make expensive mistakes. Recovering a roof that should have been replaced locks wet insulation under a new membrane and guarantees a short service life on the new system. Replacing a roof that could have been recovered wastes capital that could have been deferred another 12 to 15 years. The decision has to be made from physical evidence - core samples, deck inspection, drain condition, and an honest assessment of what warranty path each option opens.

We conduct recover-versus-replace analyses on San Antonio commercial buildings across the full inventory spectrum: older warehouse stock on the IH-35 South corridor near Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, mid-rise office buildings in the Stone Oak US-281 corridor, medical campus buildings near the South Texas Medical Center off Fredericksburg Road, and the Brooks City Base mixed-use redevelopment on the Southeast Side. Each building is different. The decision is different for each one.

The analysis we produce is a written document with physical findings - core sample results, deck condition observations, drain flow data - and a recommendation supported by those findings. We do not give a recover recommendation on a building whose insulation cores are reading wet. We do not give a replacement recommendation when the financial case for recover is strong and the physical evidence supports it.