ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

A roof coating buys years back on a Chula Vista flat roof that is weathered but still sound. 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.

Serving Chula Vista and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Chula Vista and the surrounding San Diego County communities, including National City, Bonita and Imperial Beach.

A roofer's read on Chula Vista

Ask ten Chula Vista owners about their roof and you get the same complaints: the marine layer holds moisture on the roof well past sunrise. The shop is about 132 miles southeast, which is why we can be out the same day.

The roofs in National City, Bonita and Imperial Beach are built much the same way, and they fail the same way.

• Solar panels get detached and reset on a schedule that matches the roofing crew.
• Skylights are flashed new rather than reused, because that is where the next leak starts.
• We work around tenants and business hours where the building is occupied.
• We photograph every penetration before and after, so the file shows the work.
• Solar gets detached and reset by a licensed crew, not improvised around.

We would rather be on your roof in September than during the first atmospheric river. The first step is a free look at the Chula Vista roof and a number you can hold us to.

The honest version

Coating is not for every roof. If the deck is soft, the insulation is wet or the membrane is finished, a coating only hides the problem — we will tell you the Chula Vista roof needs replacing instead.

When coating makes sense in Chula Vista

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

• A roof with years left in the deck and insulation underneath
• A building that cooks in summer and runs the air conditioning hard
• 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

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

What roof coating costs in Chula Vista

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.

Choosing the system for your Chula Vista roof

• 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.

Details that decide a Chula Vista roof

Synthetic underlayment goes down over the whole deck, not just the valleys.

• Fascia and rafter tails get checked while the edge is open.
• Plants and pool equipment are covered before tear-off begins.
• You get a start date and a finish date in writing, and we hold them.
• We check the attic as well as the roof; half of what we find shows from underneath.

How long a Chula Vista roof coating lasts

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.

Talk to a Chula Vista roof coating contractor

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