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.

Membrane type, roof age, and leak history.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 long does a roof coating last?
Will a coating stop a leak that is already running?
What does hail do to a coated roof?
How does the cost of a coating compare with a tear-off?

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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A coating is quoted by the square foot, so the number for your roof comes off a survey of that roof.
Membrane type, roof age, and leak history.