Uniformat B3010

Roof, built-up

Also called BUR, tar and gravel

• Confidence C
• Version 0.2.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-22

Service life

Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.

Basis

• 20 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p8 · HUD CNA 3.3.4.2.1 “Low slope-Built-up Roof, with gravel finish” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)
  Same life for family and elderly properties. US multifamily housing. HUD gives 20 years with a gravel finish and 10 without.
• 10 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p8 · HUD CNA 3.3.4.2.2 “Low slope-Built-up Roof, no mineral or gravel finish” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)
  Same life for family and elderly properties. US multifamily housing.
• 15 years · Trent Lakes: 5.17 Capital Asset Policy, p10 · “Roofing - Tar & Gravel” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.

How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.

Preventive maintenance

17 tasks in 2 work orders. Intervals that fall due together are one visit: the annual visit also covers the semi-annual tasks.

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5
6. 6Semi
7. 7
8. 8
9. 9
10. 10
11. 11
12. 12Annual

Months from the schedule start. Download the tasks as CSV for a CMMS, or ask the MCP tool get_pm_schedule for dated visits.

Frequencies are ISO 8601 durations in the data (P3M = every 3 months).

Open questions

• HUD gives planning lives for US multifamily housing; the municipal rows are Ontario accounting lives. Neither is observed replacement data.
• Written for GSA contracted O&M in US federal buildings; job plans are generic and defer to manufacturer instructions, and the fire extinguisher plans only point to NFPA 10.

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Cite this

Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Roof, built-up, v0.2.0. https://unfinished.one/c/roof-built-up/v/0.2.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_roof_built_up_0_2_0,
  title = {Roof, built-up},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.2.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/roof-built-up/v/0.2.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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