ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

In Bernal Heights, coating a low-slope roof costs a fraction of replacing it and stops the leaks the same week. Salt air, marine layer and long damp mornings keep a low-slope roof wet longer, so seams and ponding spots are where the trouble starts.

Two coating systems, one right answer

• Silicone: the pick for roofs that pond. It handles standing water, resists UV without turning brittle, and lasts longest of the two.
• Acrylic: the pick for roofs that drain clean. Lower cost per square, excellent reflectivity, and easy to recoat later.
• Both go down seamless, so there are no laps or fasteners for water to work into.
• Both drop the roof surface temperature sharply, which shows up on the cooling bill of a conditioned building.

Our habits on site

Workmanship coverage is ours to honour, and we are still here to honour it.

• Drone shots cover the steep sections, and the rest is checked on foot.
• Change orders are written and signed, never verbal.
• Underlayment is where corners get cut; we use the system the manufacturer warrants.
• Drip edge and starter course get installed properly - that is half the wind resistance.

When coating is the wrong call

A coating needs a dry, sound roof underneath. When a Bernal Heights roof does not have that, the honest answer is a replacement, and we will quote it that way.

Conditions we plan for in Bernal Heights

What a roof faces in Bernal Heights is specific, not generic: wind off the water drives rain sideways into laps that face it. Our shop sits about 335 miles northwest of Bernal Heights, so a crew is on site the same morning.

We are in Mission District, Glen Park and Potrero Hill constantly, and the housing stock is much the same.

• Tile is sorted and reused where it is sound, which keeps the roof looking original.
• Skylights are re-flashed as part of the job rather than quoted as an extra later.
• Access gets planned first - driveway, staging, dumpster placement - so the street stays usable.
• Gutters are pulled and refitted properly instead of being crushed by a ladder.
• Tear-off debris leaves the same day; nobody is left with a pile over the weekend.

Leaks found in summer cost a fraction of the same leak found in February. We will tell you if the roof has five years left, because that is also useful to know.

Pricing a Bernal Heights roof coating

A coating runs well under the cost of a tear-off and replacement, and there is no dumpster, no demolition and no days of noise over the tenants' heads.

Coating is priced by the square foot once we know the condition and how much prep the roof needs, and the number comes to you in writing before anything starts.

What you get out of it

A silicone system at the right thickness over a properly prepped roof gives you ten years and up, and acrylic is close behind on a roof that drains well. Both systems are renewable: when the time comes you wash the roof and add another coat instead of starting over, which is why building owners keep coming back to them.

The coating process, step by step

• Inspect and measure, including core tests where we need to know what is under the membrane
• Clean the roof — power wash, remove dirt, chalk and loose coating
• Repair: cracks, open seams, failed flashing, blisters and bad penetrations
• Prime where the substrate calls for it
• Apply the coating in multiple passes to the specified thickness, seams and details first
• Final walk for even coverage and thickness, then clean up the site

Does your Bernal Heights roof need coating?

A coating earns its keep on a roof with these problems:

• A roof with years left in the deck and insulation underneath
• Low spots that hold water for days after a storm
• Chalky, sun-baked membrane that has lost its surface but not its body
• Flashing and penetrations that leak while the field of the roof is still solid
• A building that cooks in summer and runs the air conditioning hard

Serving Bernal Heights and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Bernal Heights and the surrounding San Francisco County communities, including Mission District, Glen Park and Potrero Hill.

Talk to a Bernal Heights roof coating contractor

The estimate is free. Call (818) 275-0921 and we will measure your Bernal Heights roof, check the deck, seams and drains, and tell you plainly whether coating is the right call.