Overland Park roofers

Commercial Roof Coatings in Overland Park, KS

A coating adds years to a commercial roof that is sound underneath, and paints over one that is not.

Everything in writingThe scope and the price, put in front of you before any work starts.
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Where a coating pays

Extending a sound Overland Park flat roof with commercial roof coatings

You have two options on a tired flat roof. A coating is a fluid-applied membrane rolled over the roof you already have, and a full flat-roof replacement takes the whole thing down to the deck.

What decides between them is under the surface, and you cannot see it from the parking lot. A coating pays only where the insulation is dry and the deck is still sound, and over saturated insulation it buys you nothing and hides the evidence you would want later. On a roof in that shape our roofers say so, instead of selling you a coating that covers the problem up.

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Scope

Preparing the roof is most of the coating job

The finish coat is the short part of this job. Everything ahead of it is what you are paying for, and it is the first thing a cheap bid leaves out.

·Moisture survey and wet insulation out
An infrared or capacitance scan maps the wet areas under your membrane, and every area it marks is cut out and rebuilt level. A coating laid over wet insulation locks that water in for the life of the system.
·Power wash
Your roof is washed back to bare membrane so the primer can grip. Dirt and chalk are what make a coating peel.
·Rust and seam treatment
Rusted metal is treated and every seam is reinforced with fabric. Seams are where a roof moves, so seams are where a coating splits first.
·Primer
Primer is matched to the surface under it. Metal, TPO and modified bitumen each take a different one, and the wrong primer is why coatings let go early.
·Base and top coat
Both passes go down at a specified coverage rate per square, and the second brings the finished film up to the thickness the manufacturer's warranty requires. That rate is the specification you are buying. Color is not the point.
·Wet-film checks and sign-off
A notched gauge goes into the wet coating as each section is laid. Every reading is dated into your file for the manufacturer's inspector, who walks the roof before the system warranty is issued. Thickness cannot be judged by eye.

When one coating bid comes in far under the others, the difference is almost always sitting in the preparation lines.

The record you keep

Measuring the mils instead of eyeballing the finish

A coating looks finished the second it is rolled on, and only the numbers in your file say whether it is.

Before

You get the wet areas marked on the roof

Paint marks turn a survey report into something you can stand next to and count. Our roofer walks them with you before a price is written.

During

The readings go in as the coating goes down

A notched gauge goes into the fresh coating on a grid, and each reading is dated as it is taken. That log is what the system warranty is written against.

After

You keep photographs of the prepared roof

Once the top coat is down, nobody can see the preparation underneath it. Those photographs are your only record of the work that decides how long the rest of it lasts.

Warranty

The manufacturer's inspector signs the roof off

That inspection is the strongest hold you have on the workmanship. Our roofer's own coverage is written on the estimate beside the manufacturer's material terms, so both sit in front of you before you sign.

Good to know

Sorting silicone roof coating from acrylic and elastomeric before you buy

Kansas weather separates these coatings more than price does. A roof that ponds and a roof that drains will not take the same product, so the answer starts with which one you have on your building.

What is the difference between silicone, acrylic and elastomeric coatings?
How each one handles standing water. Silicone tolerates it and is the usual answer where your roof ponds; acrylic is water-based, costs less per square and wants a roof that drains; elastomeric is the broader term for a stretchy applied membrane, and most acrylics sold for roofs are elastomeric. Kansas freeze-thaw punishes anything that stays wet all winter, which is why the ponding question comes before the product question.
How long does a roof coating last?
Until the recoat. These systems are sold as a cycle with a renewal point built into them instead of a single end date, and what sets the length is the film thickness that went on plus the condition of the roof underneath it. Your wet-film readings are what a recoat conversation later starts from.
Will a coating stop a leak that is already running?
No. Water is already inside, and sealing the top surface traps it there. The wet material comes out and the failed detail is rebuilt first, and the coating goes on afterward as the finish instead of the fix. If that is where your roof sits today, the job in front of you is flat roof repair.
What does hail do to a coated roof?
Hail reaches the membrane underneath the same way it always did, because a coating adds a layer and adds no armor. The Johnson County record kept by NOAA puts two-inch stones near Zarah, and a coating does not change what a stone that size does to the insulation below it. If that is your building, what you have is a storm damage question before it is a coating question.
How does the cost of a coating compare with a tear-off?
Coating is quoted by the square foot and lands well under a tear-off on the same roof, because the old membrane stays put and disposal drops out of the bid. That only holds while your roof still qualifies: once wet insulation has to come out over a large area, the removal work pushes a coating price toward a replacement price and the cheaper option stops being cheaper.
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Next step

Asking whether an Overland Park roof is a coating candidate

Send the membrane type, the roof's age, the leak history, and whether anyone has ever opened the insulation to look. Those four answers are what our roofer prices the coating against, because a coating is only worth buying over something sound. You take your time with the number.

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