ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

Restoring a Compton low-slope roof means fixing what is wrong first, then coating the whole surface seamless. Hot, dry summers and sharp swings between day and night work the membrane and its laps until the surface gives up.

The honest version

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

Serving Compton and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Compton and the surrounding Los Angeles County communities, including Lynwood, Paramount and South Gate.

Questions Compton owners ask us

Ridge venting goes in where the roof line allows it, with proper intake at the eaves.

• Synthetic underlayment goes down over the whole deck, not just the valleys.
• One person runs your job and answers the phone the whole way through.
• An inspection here means walking the roof, not pointing a camera at it from the driveway.
• We do not ask for large deposits before material is delivered.

Why Compton roofs fail where they do

We quote Compton roofs off what the roof is actually doing, and inland heat and seasonal wind are the two things that end a roof early. Compton is around 11 miles south of the shop, which keeps scheduling simple.

The roofs in Lynwood, Paramount and South Gate are built much the same way, and they fail the same way.

• 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.
• We photograph every penetration before and after, so the file shows the work.
• Gutters are pulled and refitted properly instead of being crushed by a ladder.
• Access gets planned first - driveway, staging, dumpster placement - so the street stays usable.

Book in the dry months and the whole job happens on dry decking. If a repair solves it, we quote the repair instead of selling a replacement.

Silicone or acrylic for a Compton 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.

Pricing a Compton roof coating

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.

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.

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.

What we look for on a Compton roof

Good candidates for coating tend to have:

• A building that cooks in summer and runs the air conditioning hard
• Chalky, sun-baked membrane that has lost its surface but not its body
• Seams and laps that have opened up and started weeping
• 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

How we coat a roof in Compton

• 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

Ready to look at your roof

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