ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

Flat roof restoration in Malibu starts with prep, not product. Salt air, marine layer and long damp mornings keep a low-slope roof wet longer, so seams and ponding spots are where the trouble starts.

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

What roof coating costs in Malibu

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.

What we look for on a Malibu roof

Good candidates for coating tend to have:

• 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
• A roof with years left in the deck and insulation underneath
• A building that cooks in summer and runs the air conditioning hard

Choosing the system for your Malibu 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.

Questions Malibu owners ask us

You get a start date and a finish date in writing, and we hold them.

• If the attic has no real intake, we fix that rather than leaving a new roof to bake.
• You get the manufacturer warranty on the materials and ours on the workmanship, both in writing.
• Drone shots cover the steep sections, and the rest is checked on foot.
• Nothing is left on the lawn overnight, and the dumpster goes when the job ends.

A closer look at Malibu

Roof life in Malibu is decided by exposure more than brand, and salt air and long damp mornings keep fasteners and flashings working hard. At about 31 miles west, Malibu is an easy run for us, inspection or emergency.

The roofs in Westlake Village, Agoura Hills and Calabasas are built much the same way, and they fail the same way.

• Gutters are pulled and refitted where they block a proper drip edge.
• Tile is sorted and reused where it is sound, which keeps the roof looking original.
• We work around tenants and business hours where the building is occupied.
• 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.

Insurance work moves faster when the damage is documented before the next storm. Ask for the inspection, keep the report, and decide in your own time.

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.

Serving Malibu and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Malibu and the surrounding Los Angeles County communities, including Westlake Village, Agoura Hills and Calabasas.

The honest version

Coating is not for every roof. If the deck is soft, the insulation is wet or the membrane is finished, a coating only hides the problem — we will tell you the Malibu roof needs replacing instead.

Ready to look at your roof

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