ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

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

Serving Mission District and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Mission District and the surrounding San Francisco County communities, including Noe Valley, Potrero Hill and Bernal Heights.

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.

When coating makes sense in Mission District

We usually recommend coating when the roof shows:

• 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 work in Mission District

Financing exists if you want it, and nobody pushes it on you.

• Deck repairs are priced per sheet so there is no surprise number halfway through.
• Driveways get swept and gutters cleared as part of the job, not as an extra.
• Intake and exhaust are balanced on the same visit - a sealed attic cooks a new roof early.
• Keep the paperwork: it transfers if you sell the house.

Mission District, up close

Across San Francisco County, Mission District has its own wear pattern, because whatever fails first on these roofs fails at the edges. From the shop it is a 336-mile run northwest to Mission District, so emergencies get a same-day answer.

We work the same streets in Noe Valley, Potrero Hill and Bernal Heights, so crews know the area and its roofs.

• Tile is sorted and reused where it is sound, which keeps the roof looking original.
• Gutters are pulled and refitted where they block a proper drip edge.
• Solar gets detached and reset by a licensed crew, not improvised around.
• Magnet sweeps run morning and evening, which matters on a street with kids and bare feet.
• We protect landscaping and the pool before a single bundle comes off the truck.

Summer is for planned work; winter is for emergencies nobody planned. We will tell you if the roof has five years left, because that is also useful to know.

How we coat a roof in Mission District

• 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

The cost side of coating

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.

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

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.

When we tell you not to coat

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 Mission District roof needs replacing instead.

Ready to look at your roof

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