ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

Most Laguna Woods flat roofs do not need tearing off — they need cleaning, repairing and sealing. Hillside exposure means long afternoon sun and the first of the Santa Ana winds, which is hard on a flat roof's surface and its flashings.

What the work looks like

• 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

Silicone or acrylic for a Laguna Woods 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.

When we tell you not to coat

If we find saturated insulation or a failing deck on your Laguna Woods roof, we say so. Coating over a wet roof traps the water and costs you twice.

Lifespan and recoating

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.

Questions Laguna Woods owners ask us

You get the manufacturer warranty on the materials and ours on the workmanship, both in writing.

• Financing exists if you want it, and nobody pushes it on you.
• Underlayment is where corners get cut; we use the system the manufacturer warrants.
• Ventilation gets looked at while the roof is open; most Laguna Woods attics run hotter than they should.
• Driveways get swept and gutters cleared as part of the job, not as an extra.

When coating makes sense in Laguna Woods

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

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

Pricing a Laguna Woods roof coating

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

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.

The Laguna Woods version of this job

Ask ten Laguna Woods owners about their roof and you get the same complaints: the slopes take the wind first and hold the afternoon sun longest. We cover Laguna Woods from about 43 miles southeast, close enough for emergency calls.

The same trucks cover Laguna Hills, Aliso Viejo and Mission Viejo, which keeps callbacks quick.

• 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.
• Magnet sweeps run morning and evening, which matters on a street with kids and bare feet.
• Skylights are re-flashed as part of the job rather than quoted as an extra later.
• Solar panels get detached and reset on a schedule that matches the roofing crew.

The crews fill up fast when the first storm is on the ten-day forecast. Ask for the inspection, keep the report, and decide in your own time.

Serving Laguna Woods and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Laguna Woods and the surrounding Orange County communities, including Laguna Hills, Aliso Viejo and Mission Viejo.

Talk to a Laguna Woods roof coating contractor

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