ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

Most Malibu flat roofs do not need tearing off — they need cleaning, repairing and sealing. 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 Malibu and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Malibu and the surrounding Los Angeles County communities, including Westlake Village, Agoura Hills and Calabasas.

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.

How we coat a roof in Malibu

• 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

The cost side of 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 roofer's read on Malibu

We quote Malibu roofs off what the roof is actually doing, and the same three details cause most of the leaks we are called out for. We are roughly 31 miles west of Malibu, close enough for a same-day look at a leak.

The same trucks cover Westlake Village, Agoura Hills and Calabasas, which keeps callbacks quick.

• Dry-in happens the same day the old roof comes off; nothing sits open overnight.
• Solar panels get detached and reset on a schedule that matches the roofing crew.
• Material is delivered the morning of the job, not left on the driveway for a week.
• Tear-off debris leaves the same day; nobody is left with a pile over the weekend.
• Where an HOA sets colour or material rules, we match the approved list before the job is quoted.

Book in the dry months and the whole job happens on dry decking. The first step is a free look at the Malibu roof and a number you can hold us to.

Does your Malibu roof need coating?

We usually recommend coating when the roof shows:

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

The honest version

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

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.

What the work looks like in Malibu

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

• Synthetic underlayment goes down over the whole deck, not just the valleys.
• Moisture readings go in the report where a leak is suspected but not obvious.
• Weather delays are called early rather than left to surprise you.
• If the attic has no real intake, we fix that rather than leaving a new roof to bake.

Talk to a Malibu roof coating contractor

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