ROOF COATINGSilicone & Acrylic

A cool roof coating turns a hot, chalked Temple City roof into a sealed, reflective surface. Hot, dry summers and sharp swings between day and night work the membrane and its laps until the surface gives up.

When coating makes sense in Temple City

A coating earns its keep on a roof with these problems:

• 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 building that cooks in summer and runs the air conditioning hard
• Low spots that hold water for days after a storm
• A roof with years left in the deck and insulation underneath

When coating is the wrong call

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 Temple City roof needs replacing instead.

What the street looks like in Temple City

Ask ten Temple City owners about their roof and you get the same complaints: dust, heat and wind arrive together and find any weak detail. 11 miles east means a crew, a ladder and a tarp can be there this afternoon.

We work the same streets in Rosemead, Arcadia and San Gabriel, so crews know the area and its roofs.

• Material is delivered the morning of the job, not left on the driveway for a week.
• Skylights are re-flashed as part of the job rather than quoted as an extra later.
• Magnet sweeps run morning and evening, which matters on a street with kids and bare feet.
• Solar gets detached and reset by a licensed crew, not improvised around.
• Access gets planned first - driveway, staging, dumpster placement - so the street stays usable.

Dry-season work books up fast, so the calendar tightens once the first storm forecast lands. Nothing is booked until you have photos, a scope and a written price.

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.

What roof coating costs in Temple City

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.

Our habits on site

A hot attic shortens any roof, so the venting is part of the quote, not an upsell.

• Workmanship coverage is ours to honour, and we are still here to honour it.
• Change orders are written and signed, never verbal.
• We check the attic as well as the roof; half of what we find shows from underneath.
• Nothing is left on the lawn overnight, and the dumpster goes when the job ends.

How we coat a roof in Temple City

• 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

Serving Temple City and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Temple City and the surrounding Los Angeles County communities, including Rosemead, Arcadia and San Gabriel.

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.

Ready to look at your roof

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