Understanding Why Synthetic Thatch Roofs with Shorter Coverage Periods Can Cause Problems for Your Company
Artificial thatch roofing solutions have become highly sought-after, particularly at leisure locations and recreational hotspots. Offering low maintenance requirements, long-lasting durability, straightforward setup, and improved value for money, these roofs are appealing to project owners who prefer them over natural thatch. Whether gracing coastal cottages, elevating leisure parks, complementing scenic environments, or completing high-end properties, 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 extensive warranties. 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 brand, and potentially your customer trust, can suffer when you go for an synthetic roofing system with a limited warranty:
Water Seepage Can Become a Nightmare
A shorter guarantee implies that the roofing quality is poor, needing regular repair. Installing the new thatch involves dismantling previous layers and securing the new roofing over the support structure. Any loose fittings during installation could lead to leaks, causing dampness and causing financial strain. Additionally, strong gusts can penetrate through holes. Leaving them unattended can frustrate visitors, harm your credibility, and cause financial losses.
Structural Weakness
A limited guarantee indicates ongoing replacement cycles, leading to an increase in the number of screw holes in your support frame. Over time, this can undermine the strength, potentially demanding expensive fixes or complete overhauls. Ignoring wear and tear poses danger, as guests may be reluctant to rest or relax under 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 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 Artificial Thatch Roof for our customers.