Roof Coatings
Add years to your roof,
not a new roof bill.
Reflective silicone and acrylic coatings that seal an aging flat roof, knock down summer heat, and put off replacement for years — at a fraction of the cost.
What a coating actually does
A roof coating is a seamless, fully-adhered membrane applied over your existing flat roof. It seals hairline cracks and seams, waterproofs the field, and reflects sunlight instead of soaking it in. On a black DC rowhouse roof that bakes all summer, a white reflective coating can drop rooftop temperatures dramatically — your top floor feels it, and so does your cooling bill.
Done at the right time, a coating adds ten or more years of life to a structurally sound roof.
When coating makes sense — and when it doesn't
Coatings are for roofs that are aging but not failed. If your membrane is dry, cracking at the seams, or chalking but the deck underneath is solid, a coating is the smart money. If there's saturated insulation, widespread ponding, or rot below, coating over it just buries the problem — we'll tell you, with photos.
That honesty is the whole point of hiring a family company: we quote what the roof needs, not what pays best.
Prep is most of the job
Anyone can roll coating. The work is in the prep: power-washing the field, cutting out and patching failed seams, re-securing flashings, and priming where the system calls for it. We do the prep right so the coating bonds and the warranty means something.
Roof Coatings questions, answered
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