ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

A cool roof coating turns a hot, chalked Parkside roof into a sealed, reflective surface. 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.

When coating is the wrong call

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

Serving Parkside and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Parkside and the surrounding San Francisco County communities, including Outer Sunset, West Portal and Sunset District.

Parkside roofs, specifically

Roofs in Parkside do not wear out the way a brochure says they do, and onshore wind drives rain sideways into the flashings. We cover Parkside from about 338 miles northwest, close enough for emergency calls.

Jobs in Outer Sunset, West Portal and Sunset District run alongside this one most weeks.

• Permits and inspections run through the local building department, and we pull them rather than leaving it to you.
• Satellite dishes and A/C line sets are re-flashed, not just set back down.
• Where an HOA sets colour or material rules, we match the approved list before the job is quoted.
• We protect landscaping and the pool before a single bundle comes off the truck.
• We photograph every penetration before and after, so the file shows the work.

Summer is for planned work; winter is for emergencies nobody planned. Everything starts with a free inspection and a written number for your Parkside property.

Questions Parkside owners ask us

The quote lists materials and labour separately so you can see what you are buying.

• Ice-and-water goes in at the valleys and penetrations even though it rarely freezes here.
• Plants and pool equipment are covered before tear-off begins.
• Rake and eave metal is new on every job; reusing bent metal is false economy.
• Weather delays are called early rather than left to surprise you.

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.

Choosing the system for your Parkside 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.

What roof coating costs in Parkside

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.

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.

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

When coating makes sense in Parkside

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
• Seams and laps that have opened up and started weeping
• Chalky, sun-baked membrane that has lost its surface but not its body
• A roof with years left in the deck and insulation underneath

Ready to look at your roof

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