Understanding 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 low 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, beautifying designer landscapes, or gracing private villas, synthetic thatch roofs are undeniably leaving their imprint.
While choosing synthetic thatch may be a smart choice for property owners, it is essential to focus on acquiring genuine, premium-grade materials with long-term guarantees. The practice of luring customers with low prices is a longstanding tradition in the business world, and the faux roofing market is no different.
Businesses must be cautious about vendors offering synthetic thatch roofs at cheap deals but with shorter warranties. Here’s why your project, and potentially your brand reputation, can face trouble when you opt for an faux thatch roof with a shorter guarantee:
Watch Out for Water Seepage..!
A reduced assurance suggests that the durability of the product is inferior, leading to repeated maintenance. Re-installing roofing involves removing the old one and mounting a new layer over the base. Any missed screw holes during installation could cause water entry, causing moisture damage and increasing expenses. Additionally, breezes can infiltrate weak points. Ignoring such problems can affect user comfort, damage the brand's reputation, and potentially reduce revenue.
Compromised Structural Integrity
A brief coverage period suggests more frequent replacements, leading to an excessive structural punctures in your support frame. Over time, this can weaken the support frame, potentially causing the need for reinforcement or extensive refurbishment. Ignoring wear and tear poses danger, as people may avoid to stay near a thatch roof supported by a fragile frame, fearing instability or collapse.
Substandard Material
In order to offset the reduced selling price and narrow profit margins, manufacturers prefer recycled materials that are essentially waste discarded by other countries. As a result, cheap inputs are often incorporated into faux thatch covers, leading to reduced strength and weak resistance to elements. Ultimately, this can hurt your profitability of your business.
Verbal Guarantees with No Value
Sellers with shorter guarantees often refrain from providing written commitments to sidestep liability. At best, they might give informal commitments to customers before the sale, which lack any legal validity. If any performance problems arise, you may end up without support.
WinRoyal—A Brand That Stands by Its Word
WinRoyal, on the other hand, offers 20 years’ explicit written warranty for all its faux thatch systems!
To illustrate the point, consider this real-life scenario: the first Synthetic Thatch Roof we installed at Artificial Thatch Roof Alibaug over a decade ago at one of our client’s sites is as intact 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.