Exploring Why Artificial Thatch Roofs with Lesser Guarantees Can Lead to Issues for Your Venture
Faux thatch roof systems have become commonplace, particularly at tourist destinations and entertainment venues. Offering very little maintenance requirements, prolonged service life, hassle-free fitting, and enhanced return on investment, these roofs are appealing to property developers who choose them instead of natural thatch. Whether gracing coastal cottages, elevating leisure parks, complementing scenic environments, or gracing private villas, synthetic thatch roofs are leaving an enduring impression.
While adopting synthetic roofing may be a smart choice for resort operators, it is essential to ensure you buy genuine, premium-grade materials with long-term guarantees. The practice of luring customers with low prices is a age-old tradition in the business world, and the faux roofing market is no different.
Businesses must be cautious about vendors providing synthetic thatch roofs at low costs but with limited guarantees. Here's how your property, and potentially your customer trust, can face trouble when you go for an artificial thatch roof with a smaller assurance period:
Be Cautious of Leakage Issues
A limited warranty often means that the quality of the thatching is below par, requiring frequent replacement. Adding new roofing layers involves taking off existing thatch and replacing it on the support system. Any unsealed joints during installation could trigger moisture issues, causing waterproofing problems and raising long-term costs. Additionally, wind can cause air to seep in. Failing to address them can affect user comfort, damage the brand's reputation, and lower sales.
Weakened Framework
A reduced assurance term implies repetitive roof changes, leading to an build-up of fastener marks in your underlying system. Over time, this can weaken the support frame, potentially causing the need for reinforcement or full replacements. Leaving it unrepaired poses risks, as visitors could fear to spend time under a thatch roof supported by a unstable base, concerned about falling debris.
Low-Grade Components
In order to balance the smaller profit margin and tight margins, vendors may use second-hand waste that are imported discards. As a result, inferior compounds are often utilised in making artificial thatch roofs, leading to inconsistent durability and decreased longevity. Ultimately, this can affect your bottom line of your resort.
Just Hollow Promises…
Vendors with limited coverage often avoid giving written assurances to avoid legal obligations. At best, they might give informal commitments to customers before the sale, which hold no enforceable value. If any performance problems arise, you may have no resolution path.
WinRoyal—A Brand That Stands by Its Word
WinRoyal, on the other hand, offers 20 years’ explicit written warranty for all its durable synthetic roof panels!
To illustrate the point, consider this practical example: the first Synthetic Thatch Roof we installed at Alibaug over a decade ago at one of our client’s sites is as intact Artificial Thatch Roof as brand new, even to this day!
For us at WinRoyal, the completion of a project indicates the beginning of a sustainable client partnership. We emphasise our mission to crafting high-performance roofing that offer consistent reliability and create value for our customers.