Apple Valley, Minnesota
Licensed EPDM Roofing in Apple Valley, MN
Most low slope roofs in Apple Valley, MN sit on smaller buildings: a strip of retail bays, a clinic, a church, a school addition. That does not make the work simpler. It means one roof often covers four tenants, and the sun beaten south facing half is failing years ahead of the shaded side of the same building.
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Small roofs, and the sun does the damage
Half of what we get called on out here is a section, not a whole building: two bays of a strip center, the flat part behind a pitched storefront, the roof over an office addition. The first thing we do is figure out how many roofs are actually up there, because a multi tenant building usually has three eras of patching on one deck, done by whoever the last owner called. Then we look at exposure. On this rolling ground a roof open to the south and sitting high takes far more heat cycling than one tucked into a low lot, and it shows in the seams. Older trees close to the eaves add their own load of leaves and fruit into the drains. When the sheet has life left and the surface is just tired, roof coatings will often carry a small building several more years.
EPDM Roofing in Apple Valley
What matters on an Apple Valley roof
The sunny plane checked first
On a hilltop building the south and west facing sections age years ahead of the rest. We start the inspection there, because that is where the seams open and where a recover decision gets made.
Patchwork from past owners sorted out
Small commercial buildings change hands and each owner patches differently. We map what is actually on the deck, how many layers, and where the old repairs are, before anyone talks about a new roof.
Staged around business hours
A tenant with a waiting room or a lunch rush cannot have a crane over the door at eleven in the morning. We set the staging, the deliveries and the noisy hours around what the tenants need.
Repairs when a full roof is wrong
On a small building with a sound sheet and three bad seams, a reroof is the wrong answer. We will strip and reseam the failed laps, redo the flashings, and leave the rest alone.
Walk pads where the techs go
Most punctures on small commercial roofs come from service crews walking to the units with tools in hand. We run pads from the hatch to every piece of equipment so foot traffic stops chewing the membrane.
Tie ins to the pitched section
Plenty of buildings here are shingles in front and rubber behind. The transition where the two meet is a common leak, and it gets a proper flashed detail rather than a smear of mastic.
Why smaller buildings still get our full attention
No job is too small to walk
We will come out for two bays of a strip center same as a warehouse. If the honest answer is a repair, we would rather do the repair than talk you into a roof.
We put it in writing for the tenant
Landlords usually have to tell a tenant what is happening and when. We write the sequence plainly enough that you can forward it, with the dates the loud work lands.
We check the whole roof, not the leak
A call about one drip usually turns up two more spots working on it. You get the full picture, including the parts that are fine and can wait.
Free estimates on any size roof
The visit and the written scope are free and carry no obligation, whether the building is a hundred feet of storefront or an entire clinic.
We tell you what we cannot see
A test cut shows one spot. We say plainly which parts of the deck are still unknown until tear off, and what would change if we find something under the third layer.
What people near Apple Valley say
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 Orange Exteriors fixed a minor leak that involved replacing flashing and a few shingles blown off our roof. Timely, quality work. Great ideas to keep our roof going long term.
Jim ThomasStorm damage repair From sales to construction crew to upper management, they helped make an insurance battle a breeze. This is the best contractor interaction I have ever had.
Jim NormanRoof replacement
Apple Valley questions we get
What people in Apple Valley ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Do you take small commercial jobs in Apple Valley, like one storefront bay?
Yes. Much of the commercial property here is small: strip retail, clinics, churches, a flat section on the back of an otherwise pitched building. Those roofs get the same test cuts and the same detailing as a warehouse. If anything, small roofs need more care, because everything on them is a detail and there is very little open field.
Why is one half of our roof worse than the other?
Usually sun. Apple Valley sits on rolling ground, and a building high on a south facing rise takes hard heat cycling every clear day, while a similar roof three streets over in a shaded low lot barely moves. The exposed half chalks, the seams work, and it gets there years earlier. Shade from mature trees does the same thing in reverse.
Can we just repair the seams instead of replacing the roof?
Often, yes. If the insulation under the membrane is dry and the sheet still has flexibility left, reseaming the failed laps and rebuilding the curb flashings is the right work. What rules it out is water in the board. Once the insulation is wet in several places, patching the top only hides what is rotting the deck.
Get the flat section looked at
Whether it is one bay or the whole center, we will get on the roof, find out how many layers are up there, and tell you what it actually needs. The estimate is free.
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- Office6600 City West Pkwy Suite 375, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
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