RGC Guarantee Program

Established in 1960, the RGC Guarantee Program provides building owners with the assurance that quality materials will be installed to specific standards by professional roofing contractors. The program is backed by both the contractor and the RCABC Guarantee Corp (RGC) and is based on accepted RGC standards, materials and guidelines that require inspections of the roofing application by independent, accepted roofing inspection firms.

Since 1960, the Roofing Contractors Association of BC has provided Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional [ICI] building owners with a third party roof guarantee, a first in Canada. Over 20,000 roofs have been completed under this program.

The main features of the RGC Guarantee Program are:

• Guarantee Standards that are established by the Association, to which all RCABC roofing contractor members must adhere in order to receive the guarantee.
• Guidelines that are under constant review in order to provide updates and advice to members, owners and specifying authorities.
• Random audits on member roofing applications by independent inspection firms who remain impartial  by dealing at "arms length" with both the roofing contractor and the owner.
• Coverage on BOTH workmanship and RGC accepted materials for 5 years. This combination of guarantees is not available from any other source

Architects and other specifying authorities refer to the RGC guarantee standards and guidelines issued in the RGC Roofing Practices Manual (RPM), which has become THE standard reference manual in British Columbia on roofing applications. RGC Guarantee Standards and Accepted Materials listed in the Roofing Practices Manual (RPM) apply to the Five (5), Ten (10) and Five Year Residential Guarantee Programs.

As an added protection to the owner, the RGC Guarantees provides that in all cases, where during the term of the Guarantee the roofing contractor is no longer active in the business, RGC assumes the full responsibility for the Guarantee underwritten.

To protect your home, ask your RCABC professional roofing contractor to include the RGC Five Year Residential Guarantee on your new roof.

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