ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

A roof coating buys years back on a Placentia flat roof that is weathered but still sound. Hot, dry summers and sharp swings between day and night work the membrane and its laps until the surface gives up.

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.

How we coat a roof in Placentia

• 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

A roofer's read on Placentia

The job list in Placentia repeats itself for a reason - the weather here punishes details, not products. 25 miles southeast means a free inspection costs you nothing but an hour.

Neighbouring work in Fullerton, Yorba Linda and Brea means materials are already staged nearby.

• Permits and inspections run through the local building department, and we pull them rather than leaving it to you.
• Solar gets detached and reset by a licensed crew, not improvised around.
• Where an HOA sets colour or material rules, we match the approved list before the job is quoted.
• Skylights are flashed new rather than reused, because that is where the next leak starts.
• Skylights are re-flashed as part of the job rather than quoted as an extra later.

The first big storm books out the whole trade, so earlier is cheaper. The first step is a free look at the Placentia roof and a number you can hold us to.

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.

What you can expect from us

The quote lists materials and labour separately so you can see what you are buying.

• Rake and eave metal is new on every job; reusing bent metal is false economy.
• Deck repairs are priced per sheet so there is no surprise number halfway through.
• Ice-and-water goes in at the valleys and penetrations even though it rarely freezes here.
• You get the manufacturer warranty on the materials and ours on the workmanship, both in writing.

What roof coating costs in Placentia

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.

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

The honest version

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

When coating makes sense in Placentia

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

• A building that cooks in summer and runs the air conditioning hard
• 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
• Seams and laps that have opened up and started weeping

Serving Placentia and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Placentia and the surrounding Orange County communities, including Fullerton, Yorba Linda and Brea.

Ready to look at your roof

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