Chaska, Minnesota
Proven Roof Coatings in Chaska, MN
Most downtown roofs on this block are flat, small and hidden behind a parapet. That is the commercial coating work we do in Chaska, and it comes down to one detail: the point where the low-slope field turns up onto a cream brick wall of the same 1860 to 1920 vintage as the Walnut Street houses. Brick does not forgive a lazy termination.
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The parapet decides whether a coating holds
On a Chaska building the field is the easy part. What we find at the perimeter is old counterflashing tucked into a mortar joint that has been open for decades, a cant strip that crumbled years ago, and a previous coating that let go of the brick in sheets. So the walk starts at the wall. If the joints are sound we grind, prime and terminate into them properly. If the brick is spalled or the mortar is sandy, that is a mason's work and it has to happen before we coat, and we will say so rather than paint over it. Square footage matters less here than linear feet of parapet and the number of odd corners. Owners of these buildings often end up on maintenance plans, because a small roof checked twice a year rarely surprises anyone.
Roof Coatings in Chaska
What coating a downtown Chaska roof gets you
Terminations tied into sound masonry
The coating has to end somewhere, and on these buildings that somewhere is brick. We cut a proper reglet or work to a sound joint, then band the transition so the wall and the roof move as one.
Old flashings replaced, not painted
Coating over rusted counterflashing just buys the rust a color. Anything that has already failed at the perimeter comes off and gets replaced before the field work starts.
Nothing changes above the cornice
The Walnut Street Historic District was listed on the National Register in 1980 and covers about 17 acres. A coating on a flat roof behind a parapet changes nothing a person sees from the sidewalk.
Water sent out through the scuppers
Water behind a parapet has only the drains and scuppers to leave by. We clear them, rebuild the sumps and coat into the openings, because a blocked scupper turns the whole roof into a shallow pond.
Small roofs measured, not guessed
Downtown roofs are odd shapes with additions off the back. We measure the field and the perimeter rather than pricing off a rough square, because on a small roof the details are most of the labor.
Old built-up gravel roofs prepped right
Behind these fronts we still find gravel surfaced built-up roofs. Loose stone has to come off and the surface has to be sound before a coating will bond, and skipping it is why coatings peel.
How we work on older Chaska buildings
We call mason's work what it is
If the brick needs tuckpointing before a coating can terminate into it, we tell you that up front. We would rather lose the schedule than coat over a detail we know will fail.
Old buildings get a slower walk
A hundred year old wall and a modern membrane meet in a lot of places. We spend the time at the perimeter, the chimneys and the old vents, because that is where the leaks are.
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Roof and wall under one contractor
We do roofing and siding both, so the junction between the two is not a seam between two companies. Nobody points at the other trade when water shows up inside.
We work around your hours
Open 24 hours and seven days means we can start early or finish late so a shop below is not working around a crew. Say what your week looks like and we plan to it.
What people near Chaska say
We live in Eden Prairie. Orange did an excellent job on our siding replacement and provided great customer service all the way through.
Thomas DeSutterSiding replacement, Eden Prairie, MN Fantastic guys to work with, did an excellent job of fixing our siding. You can tell it’s a high integrity company. Definitely recommend.
Carolyn MillerSiding repair The crew arrived early and spread tarps all around the house to capture every bit of debris. By 3:00 PM, my entire roof was completely finished.
Hazel JamesRoof replacement, Minneapolis, MN
Chaska coating questions
What people in Chaska ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Does the Walnut Street Historic District affect a roof coating in Chaska?
The listing covers about 17 acres and dates to January 1980, and it is the street facing character that gets attention. A coating on a flat roof behind a parapet is not visible from the sidewalk. Even so, ask the city before you schedule anything. We will give you a written scope of what we are doing so you have something to hand them.
Can a coating be terminated into a brick parapet?
Yes, when the masonry is in shape to hold it. The usual method is a cut reglet with a sealed metal edge, or a sound mortar joint the coating can be banded into. What does not work is running a coating up onto crumbling brick and calling it flashing. That fails in the first hard freeze.
My Chaska building was hit by hail again. Is coating still worth it?
Chaska sits in a corridor that takes repeat pocket hail, including the golf ball to egg sized stones on August 9, 2020. If the membrane is bruised, a coating hides it and nothing more. If the roof came through sound, a coating is reasonable, and it will not stop the next storm from doing what hail does.
Get the parapet looked at first
We will walk your downtown roof, check the terminations into the brick, and tell you whether a coating is the right call this year or work better done later.
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