ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

Flat roof restoration in North Beach 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

How we run the job in North Beach

Fascia and rafter tails get checked while the edge is open.

• Underlayment is where corners get cut; we use the system the manufacturer warrants.
• Drip edge and starter course get installed properly - that is half the wind resistance.
• Neighbours get a heads-up about the dumpster before it lands.
• You get a text when the crew is coming and a walk-through when they are done.

Does your North Beach roof need coating?

Good candidates for coating tend to have:

• Flashing and penetrations that leak while the field of the roof is still solid
• Low spots that hold water for days after a storm
• Chalky, sun-baked membrane that has lost its surface but not its body
• A building that cooks in summer and runs the air conditioning hard
• Seams and laps that have opened up and started weeping

Serving North Beach and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout North Beach and the surrounding San Francisco County communities, including Russian Hill, Telegraph Hill and Chinatown.

North Beach, up close

The job list in North Beach repeats itself for a reason - the same three details cause most of the leaks we are called out for. Our shop sits about 338 miles northwest of North Beach, so a crew is on site the same morning.

We work the same streets in Russian Hill, Telegraph Hill and Chinatown, so crews know the area and its roofs.

• Magnet sweeps run morning and evening, which matters on a street with kids and bare feet.
• Access gets planned first - driveway, staging, dumpster placement - so the street stays usable.
• We protect landscaping and the pool before a single bundle comes off the truck.
• Solar panels get detached and reset on a schedule that matches the roofing crew.
• Skylights are flashed new rather than reused, because that is where the next leak starts.

Insurance work moves faster when the damage is documented before the next storm. The first step is a free look at the North Beach roof and a number you can hold us to.

When we tell you not to coat

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

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.

Pricing a North Beach roof 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.

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.

Silicone or acrylic for a North Beach 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.

Get a North Beach roof coating estimate

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