Annual Exterior Inspection Checklist
The once-a-year deep exterior inspection for commercial properties — the findings that drive budgets, maintenance scopes, and capital planning.
Annual Exterior Inspection Checklist
Monthly walks catch conditions; the annual inspection catches trajectories. Once a year — ideally ahead of budget season — the exterior deserves a slower, harder look at the things that don't change month to month but decide the capital plan: concrete condition, coating life, hardware corrosion, and everywhere water goes.
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Concrete & Flatwork Condition
- Staining depth: does cleaning still recover the surface, or has oil and grime sealed in? The answer separates maintenance budgets from restoration budgets
- Surface wear: aggregate exposure, spalling, and joint condition in the highest-traffic runs
- Gum density in gathering areas — compaction level indicates how far past its cycle the surface is
Coatings, Paint & Sealers
- Chalking test on sun-exposed elevations — wipe a hand across the paint; residue means UV is winning
- Sealer sheen on decorative and stamped concrete — flat, gray patches mean protection is gone
- Biological growth at coating edges and joints, where failure starts
Metals & Hardware
- Rails, gates, bollards, and fixtures: pitting, rust bloom, and coating failure — coastal and irrigated properties first
- Canopy and awning hardware, especially fasteners and drip lines
- Site lighting poles and bases, where staining hides corrosion
Water's Path
- Streaking below every scupper, sill, and fixture — each line is a future stain and a present clue
- Drainage-path grime trails across flatwork — where the next storm will deposit the property's load
- Irrigation overspray zones: mineral etching, algae, and rust staining
From Inspection to Budget
Score each finding one of three ways: hold (a cleaning cycle maintains it), recover (targeted work returns it to baseline), or plan (it's a capital conversation). The annual inspection's whole value is sorting the exterior into those three buckets before the budget locks — and it's the exact input our annual program proposals are built from.
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