Sunland Roof Coating

Most Sunland flat roofs do not need tearing off — they need cleaning, repairing and sealing. Hillside exposure means long afternoon sun and the first of the Santa Ana winds, which is hard on a flat roof's surface and its flashings.

Does your Sunland roof need coating?

Good candidates for coating tend to have:

• A building that cooks in summer and runs the air conditioning hard
• A roof with years left in the deck and insulation underneath
• Chalky, sun-baked membrane that has lost its surface but not its body
• Low spots that hold water for days after a storm
• Seams and laps that have opened up and started weeping

Pricing a Sunland 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.

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.

Choosing the system for your Sunland 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.

How we coat a roof in Sunland

• 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 parts people ask about

One person runs your job and answers the phone the whole way through.

• Edges are fastened to spec because that is where uplift starts.
• Moisture readings go in the report where a leak is suspected but not obvious.
• Most homes take two to four days once material lands.
• Underlayment is where corners get cut; we use the system the manufacturer warrants.

Serving Sunland and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Sunland and the surrounding Los Angeles County communities, including Tujunga, Shadow Hills and Sun Valley.

The honest version

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

Ready to look at your roof

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

What we see on Sunland roofs

The job list in Sunland repeats itself for a reason - whatever fails first on these roofs fails at the edges. The shop is about 15 miles north, which is why we can be out the same day.

Jobs in Tujunga, Shadow Hills and Sun Valley run alongside this one most weeks.

• Satellite dishes and A/C line sets are re-flashed, not just set back down.
• Chimney and wall flashings are replaced, not painted over with sealant.
• We photograph every penetration before and after, so the file shows the work.
• Gutters are pulled and refitted properly instead of being crushed by a ladder.
• Skylights are re-flashed as part of the job rather than quoted as an extra later.

Leaks found in summer cost a fraction of the same leak found in February. If a repair solves it, we quote the repair instead of selling a replacement.

Questions Sunland owners ask us

Dry-season work is cheaper and safer, because the whole job happens on dry decking. Once the first storm is on the ten-day forecast the calendar in Sunland tightens fast, and emergency work costs more than planned work.

When the crew leaves, the debris leaves with them: magnet passes morning and evening, gutters cleared, driveway swept. You get photos of the finished work and the warranty paperwork registered in your name.

After the job in Sunland

Price follows the roof, not a rate card: access, pitch, material, how many layers come off and what the deck looks like underneath. We measure in person, show you photos and put the number in writing before anything is booked.