ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

A cool roof coating turns a hot, chalked Chatsworth roof into a sealed, reflective surface. 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.

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.

When we tell you not to coat

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

When coating makes sense in Chatsworth

We usually recommend coating when the roof shows:

• A building that cooks in summer and runs the air conditioning hard
• Low spots that hold water for days after a storm
• A roof with years left in the deck and insulation underneath
• Flashing and penetrations that leak while the field of the roof is still solid
• Seams and laps that have opened up and started weeping

Serving Chatsworth and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Chatsworth and the surrounding Los Angeles County communities, including Porter Ranch, Winnetka and Canoga Park.

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 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.

Why Chatsworth roofs wear the way they do

Nobody roofs Chatsworth the way they roof a tract in the desert, and whatever fails first on these roofs fails at the edges. Our shop sits about 25 miles northwest of Chatsworth, so a crew is on site the same morning.

The roofs in Porter Ranch, Winnetka and Canoga Park are built much the same way, and they fail the same way.

• Tear-off debris leaves the same day; nobody is left with a pile over the weekend.
• Gutters are pulled and refitted properly instead of being crushed by a ladder.
• Chimney and wall flashings are replaced, not painted over with sealant.
• Satellite dishes and A/C line sets are re-flashed, not just set back down.
• Where an HOA sets colour or material rules, we match the approved list before the job is quoted.

We would rather find the problem in the dry months and fix it on a schedule. You get photos, measurements and a plain explanation before any work is booked.

The coating process, step by step

• 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

Questions Chatsworth owners ask us

The written warranty names what is covered and for how long, with no asterisk games.

• 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.
• If the attic has no real intake, we fix that rather than leaving a new roof to bake.
• Most homes take two to four days once material lands.

Ready to look at your roof

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