ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

A cool roof coating turns a hot, chalked Laguna Hills 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.

What roof coating costs in Laguna Hills

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

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.

When coating makes sense in Laguna Hills

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
• Flashing and penetrations that leak while the field of the roof is still solid
• Chalky, sun-baked membrane that has lost its surface but not its body
• Seams and laps that have opened up and started weeping

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

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 long a Laguna Hills 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.

Local notes for Laguna Hills

If you own property in Laguna Hills, the local conditions decide what your roof needs: the slopes take the wind first and hold the afternoon sun longest. 43 miles southeast means a crew, a ladder and a tarp can be there this afternoon.

Jobs in Laguna Woods, Mission Viejo and Aliso Viejo run alongside this one most weeks.

• We work around tenants and business hours where the building is occupied.
• Gutters are pulled and refitted properly instead of being crushed by a ladder.
• Solar gets detached and reset by a licensed crew, not improvised around.
• Gutters are pulled and refitted where they block a proper drip edge.
• Satellite dishes and A/C line sets are re-flashed, not just set back down.

A roof opened in October is a different job from one opened in January. We will tell you if the Laguna Hills roof has years left in it rather than sell you a new one.

When we tell you not to coat

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

How we work in Laguna Hills

One person runs your job and answers the phone the whole way through.

• Financing exists if you want it, and nobody pushes it on you.
• Most homes take two to four days once material lands.
• Any rot found under the old layers is swapped before anything new goes down.
• Rake and eave metal is new on every job; reusing bent metal is false economy.

Serving Laguna Hills and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Laguna Hills and the surrounding Orange County communities, including Laguna Woods, Mission Viejo and Aliso Viejo.

Talk to a Laguna Hills roof coating contractor

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