Do you care for your home as well as you could? There are a lot of moving parts to care for, and when it comes down to it, you should spend more time on the parts of your home that will cost you the most to repair. This is why your roof should come high up on your maintenance list. A roof replacement can cost you thousands of dollars, and you might not even afford to replace it with an identical material if it is a more premium type of roofing.
The main enemy of your roof is water. While it might stand up well to rain, it doesn’t handle standing water well. If there are leaves and branches on the roof, these can collect water, and they can also clog up your gutters and downspouts. Regularly clearing debris off of your roof will save you a lot of money.
If your roof is starting to have leaks or other issues, it might be ok to do some patchwork repairs, but there will come a point where you would be better off just replacing the whole thing. When the repairs start having the need of repairs of their own, it is usually past due to get the whole roof replaced.