Accessories for monitoring and maintenance

Trust is good – monitoring and maintenance are better

Roofers are important partners for the real estate industry. They carry out hundreds of thousands of inspections, maintenance and repairs all year round and protect property owners from unforeseeable damage.

 

Roof monitoring: task and market for the roofing trade

The increase in heavy rainfall events and resulting water damage, particularly to buildings with flat roofs, has created new conditions and means that roof monitoring can no longer be ignored. The roofing trade is predestined to implement the normative recommendations and to supplement them with intelligent product solutions.

FLECK supplies reliable products for roofers so that they can achieve turnover even in difficult times and in bad weather, when other trades stay at home.

 

Professional recommendations and technical rules

Recommendations of industrial and trade associations and property insurers regarding the maintenance and monitoring of roofs:

  • “According to DIN 18531-4, the inspection must be carried out at least once a year. According to DIN 1986-3, drainage equipment must be checked at least twice a year.” (Source: vdd)
  • “To ensure the full functionality of the drainage, it must be checked at least every 6 months.” (Source: ZVDH)
  • “[…] The roof area, its flashing, connections and finishes of the feedthroughs and crossovers to adjacent areas and, if necessary, the condition of the top/wear layers should be checked at least once a year. According to DIN 1986-3, the drainage equipment must be checked at least twice a year…“ (Source: DIN 18531/1-4)
  • “The insurance policyholder is responsible for maintenance of the insured properties, particularly the roofs.” (Source: ECB)
Roof Monitoring

Roof monitoring is the – preferably digital – monitoring of roofs for early detection of potential damage caused, for example, by snow load, backwater or water ingress. Roof monitoring optimally complements normal roof maintenance.

Roof maintenance

Roof maintenance does not merely involve visual inspection, but instead requires thorough and proper examination for potential weakpoints and their removal in good time, before greater damage can occur.

MAINTAIN FLAT ROOFS EASILY – WITH FLECK ROOF ACCESSORIES

These products are used for the monitoring, servicing, maintenance and repair of flat roofs:

 

SERVICE AND PRODUCTS ON WHICH YOU CAN RELY

Close to customers

Our area sales managers provide sound technical advice for roofers, designers and specifiers throughout Germany, Austria and the Benelux countries. FLECK products are the first choice of professionals and are only available from building material, roofing and PHVAC trade suppliers.

Controlled quality

In 2021, FLECK received the RAL quality symbol for flat roof systems & services. To ensure that they continue to meet the quality standards of the RAL Gütegemeinschaft in the future, all FLECK flat roof products such as the ROOFGUARD or the 4-in-1 flat roof fan system are checked regularly.

 

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Well thought-through solutions for all maintenance tasks on the roof. Our area sales managers will be pleased to advise you.

The self-cleaning leaf screen – protects flat roofs

The FLECK ROOFGUARD removes leaves from itself automatically and uses FLECK connect to send a message directly from the roof to the owner

A blocked leaf screen – a nightmare for property owners

Regardless of whether at the parapet or in the middle of the roof area: if leaves, hail or dirt blocks the flat roof drain or gully, within a few minutes, the water on the flat roof can rise so much that it penetrates the inside of the building. Property owners, tenants and landlords are then faced with potential damage that is sometime not covered by insurance companies. Extreme weather such as heavy rain and hail increase this risk year after year.

RAL recommends the ROOFGUARD

The ROOFGUARD is described in detail in the RAL quality assurance and is recommended there as an “alternative to the conventional leaf screen”. (Source: chapter 6 and 7 “Roof Monitoring topic” of the RAL quality assurance “RAL GZ 717”.

 

This group particularly benefits from the ROOFGUARD
  • Private property owners
  • Commercial/industrial property owners
  • Roofers
  • Facility managers

The ROOFGUARD can be installed on almost any flat roof
without any great effort.

 

 

The ROOFGUARD can be the saviour of these roofs
  • Older flat roofs without emergency overflow
  • Flat roofs with electrical installations (solar)
  • Flat roofs near trees
  • Flat roofs in areas with frequent extreme weather events

HOW THE ROOFGUARDS WITH FLECK CONNECT WORK

1: In normal rainfall the ROOFGUARD is an ordinary leaf screen, water flows away.

2: If the water rises above a certain height due to a blockage, the mechanism triggers

3: The buoyancy bodies lift the screen so that leaves or hail are pulled under the screen and intro the drain by high water pressure. The drain is clear again. At the same time, the ROOFGUARD sends a status email.

4: After the blockage has been removed, the ROOFGUARD returns to its original position and sends another email.

ROOF SUPER DRY: carry out roofing work in standing water or light rainfall with lightning speed

With FLECK ROOF SUPER DRY, work that requires a dry substrate is easy to carry out.

Ready in 28 minutes instead of in 80 minutes

ROOF SUPER DRY dries the area to be worked on within a few minutes and therefore produces up to 70 % time saving.

When used to prepare the work area, ROOF SUPER DRY plays to its strengths and saves – as in this example – 2/3 of the conventional work time. A real competitive advantage. The granulate absorbs moisture for at least an hour.

Step 1: Sprinkle ROOF SUPER DRY

Step 2: Dry the surface with a torch

Step 3: Clean the work area

Step 4: Carry out the welding work

This is where ROOF SUPER DRY offers particularly large advantages
  • Flat roof puddles, gravel and green roofs:
    only a little gravel or green roof granulate has to be removed
  • Making-good measures:
    closing off holes and sealing leaks
  • Repair of installed parts:
    e.g. vents, drains, parapets or light domes
  • Maintenance and inspection:
    if inspection of the roofing membrane is impaired by puddles, e.g. the checking of welds
  • Gutters:
    soldering and sealing gutters, even in rain

 

To the FLECK ROOF SUPER DRY demo video

The white granulate is similar to the material used in babies’ nappies and is absolutely safe. After use, it can be thrown away with the household waste.

Inspecting flat roofs underneath the waterproofing

FLECK inspection chambers allow direct view of the insulation level and vapour barrier

FLECK inspection chambers with removable cap are recommended, especially to detect leaks and water ingress. Roofers can check the condition of the roof below the waterproofing through the open chamber without having to open up the roofing.

 

FLECK offers chambers for different areas of use:

For patios, concealable: inspection chamber DN 125

For subsequent installation, one-piece: inspection chamber DN 125 with insulation incl. insulation core made of expanded polystyrene (EPS)

For new build with insulation, two-piece: inspection chamber DN 125

Part of the inspection chambers: insulation core made of expanded polystyrene (EPS). Minimises the thermal bridge effect

Special product:
green roof chamber for inspecting drains on green roofs

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