ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

Restoring a Jamul low-slope roof means fixing what is wrong first, then coating the whole surface seamless. 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.

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.

Pricing a Jamul 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.

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

On the ground in Jamul

Nobody roofs Jamul the way they roof a tract in the desert, and gusts funnel down the canyons and lift anything not fastened right. We are roughly 134 miles southeast of Jamul, close enough for a same-day look at a leak.

The roofs in Spring Valley, Alpine and Rancho San Diego are built much the same way, and they fail the same way.

• Permits and inspections run through the local building department, and we pull them rather than leaving it to you.
• Gutters are pulled and refitted properly instead of being crushed by a ladder.
• Where an HOA sets colour or material rules, we match the approved list before the job is quoted.
• Skylights are re-flashed as part of the job rather than quoted as an extra later.
• Magnet sweeps run morning and evening, which matters on a street with kids and bare feet.

Insurance work moves faster when the damage is documented before the next storm. The inspection is free, and so is the second opinion if you already have a quote.

When coating makes sense in Jamul

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

• Chalky, sun-baked membrane that has lost its surface but not its body
• A roof with years left in the deck and insulation underneath
• Seams and laps that have opened up and started weeping
• Low spots that hold water for days after a storm
• Flashing and penetrations that leak while the field of the roof is still solid

Serving Jamul and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Jamul and the surrounding San Diego County communities, including Spring Valley, Alpine and Rancho San Diego.

When we tell you not to coat

A coating needs a dry, sound roof underneath. When a Jamul roof does not have that, the honest answer is a replacement, and we will quote it that way.

What the work looks like

• 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

How we run the job in Jamul

Ventilation gets looked at while the roof is open; most Jamul attics run hotter than they should.

• One person runs your job and answers the phone the whole way through.
• Synthetic underlayment goes down over the whole deck, not just the valleys.
• You get a start date and a finish date in writing, and we hold them.
• Edges are fastened to spec because that is where uplift starts.

How long a Jamul roof coating lasts

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.

Ready to look at your roof

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