ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

A roof coating buys years back on a Poway 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.

Before, during and after

Keep the paperwork: it transfers if you sell the house.

• Ridge venting goes in where the roof line allows it, with proper intake at the eaves.
• We photograph every slope and penetration so you see what we see before deciding anything.
• Edges are fastened to spec because that is where uplift starts.
• The quote lists materials and labour separately so you can see what you are buying.

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.

Pricing a Poway roof coating

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.

How we coat a roof in Poway

• 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 Poway roof does not have that, the honest answer is a replacement, and we will quote it that way.

What we look for on a Poway roof

We usually recommend coating when the roof shows:

• 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
• 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

Serving Poway and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Poway and the surrounding San Diego County communities, including Rancho Bernardo, Scripps Ranch and Escondido.

Talk to a Poway roof coating contractor

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

Why Poway roofs wear the way they do

Ask any crew that works San Diego County and they will tell you the same thing - the wind arrives dry and loaded with grit that scours the surface. Our shop sits about 115 miles southeast of Poway, so a crew is on site the same morning.

Crews rotate through Rancho Bernardo, Scripps Ranch and Escondido, so nothing about these streets is new to us.

• Tile is sorted and reused where it is sound, which keeps the roof looking original.
• Material is delivered the morning of the job, not left on the driveway for a week.
• Satellite dishes and A/C line sets are re-flashed, not just set back down.
• Skylights are re-flashed as part of the job rather than quoted as an extra later.
• Where an HOA sets colour or material rules, we match the approved list before the job is quoted.

Scheduling before the rains means the whole job happens on dry decking. Call and we will look at the Poway roof, show you photos, and put the price in writing.