Glossary
Building Operations
Roof Repairs
Work performed on a building's roof. Routine patching and leak repair are typically recoverable CAM. A full roof replacement is capital. The invoice's own words, 'patch' versus 'replace,' decide which bucket the cost belongs in.
Firm impact
This is one of the most common capital-in-CAM findings a firm will see, since roof work is expensive and the line between repair and replacement is easy to blur on an invoice.
How this gets abused
A full roof tear-off and replacement costing $210,000 gets invoiced as 'roof repairs and maintenance' and passed through the CAM pool in a single year, even though the lease excludes capital expenditures.
Practitioner note
Request the roofing contractor's scope of work and any warranty paperwork. A new roof warranty is a strong sign the work was a replacement, not a repair, and should be tested against the lease's capital exclusion.
Related terms
FAQ
Questions about roof repairs
How can my firm tell a roof repair from a roof replacement on an invoice?
Check the contractor's scope of work and any warranty issued. A new roof warranty almost always means a replacement happened, not a patch job.
Why is roof work such a common CAM finding?
Roof projects cost a lot of money, and the terms 'repair' and 'replacement' get used loosely on invoices, making it an easy place for a capital cost to slip into CAM.
You know the term. Now check the math.
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