ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

A roof coating buys years back on a Haight Ashbury 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.

How we coat a roof in Haight Ashbury

• 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

When we tell you not to coat

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

What we look for on a Haight Ashbury roof

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

• A building that cooks in summer and runs the air conditioning hard
• Low spots that hold water for days after a storm
• Seams and laps that have opened up and started weeping
• Chalky, sun-baked membrane that has lost its surface but not its body
• A roof with years left in the deck and insulation underneath

Pricing a Haight Ashbury roof coating

Because the work is additive, most buildings stay open and in use while we are on the roof.

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.

A closer look at Haight Ashbury

Most of what we fix in Haight Ashbury traces back to one thing: whatever fails first on these roofs fails at the edges. From the shop it is a 338-mile run northwest to Haight Ashbury, so emergencies get a same-day answer.

You will see our trucks in Cole Valley, Castro and Inner Sunset on the same run.

• Tear-off debris leaves the same day; nobody is left with a pile over the weekend.
• Skylights are flashed new rather than reused, because that is where the next leak starts.
• Tile is sorted and reused where it is sound, which keeps the roof looking original.
• Access gets planned first - driveway, staging, dumpster placement - so the street stays usable.
• Skylights are re-flashed as part of the job rather than quoted as an extra later.

Book in the dry months and the whole job happens on dry decking. We will tell you if the roof has five years left, because that is also useful to know.

Serving Haight Ashbury and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Haight Ashbury and the surrounding San Francisco County communities, including Cole Valley, Castro and Inner Sunset.

Choosing the system for your Haight Ashbury 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.

How long a Haight Ashbury 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.

The parts people ask about

Any rot found under the old layers is swapped before anything new goes down.

• Financing exists if you want it, and nobody pushes it on you.
• The written warranty names what is covered and for how long, with no asterisk games.
• Most homes take two to four days once material lands.
• Underlayment is where corners get cut; we use the system the manufacturer warrants.

Ready to look at your roof

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