Burnsville, Minnesota
Licensed Roof Coatings in Burnsville, MN
Almost every commercial roof in Burnsville is a replacement on an existing building, because the city ran out of open land in the late 1990s and turned to redevelopment. That means the roof we are asked to coat is often already the second one on the building. Whether a coating still makes sense depends on what is underneath it.
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Two roofs down changes the coating question
On a 1980s building near Heart of the City or Crystal Lake, we usually find a membrane laid over the original built up roof rather than a clean tear off. So we cut a test square and pull a core before we price anything. If the insulation under there is dry, a coating is a reasonable way to get more years out of a roof that is not leaking yet. If the core comes out wet, no coating fixes that, and we will say so. The other issue here is wind. The river corridor runs open, it lifts at the edge of a long low roof, and loose edge metal will let a coated roof peel from the perimeter in. That gets fastened down first. Ask about maintenance plans if you want the perimeter and the edge metal looked at each spring.
Roof Coatings in Burnsville
Coating an older building, and what it gets you
Edge metal checked before quoting
Wind off the river valley works at the perimeter first. We look at the drip edge, the termination bar and the coping before we talk about the field of the roof.
A core cut shows the truth
Cutting into the roof takes ten minutes and settles the argument. Dry insulation means a coating is worth doing. Wet insulation means you are buying a roof, not a coating.
Wind exposure written into the spec
A roof on the bluff gets different perimeter detailing than one tucked behind other buildings. Termination and edge work get specified for the exposure your building actually has.
Old patches and repairs addressed
Buildings that have been through two or three owners collect patches. Every one of them gets opened, checked and detailed, because a coating over a loose patch telegraphs through in a season.
A roof that fits a sale
If the plan is to hold the building a few more years and then sell or redevelop, a coating keeps the roof dry and off the buyer's list without spending on a full replacement.
An honest no when needed
Some of these roofs are past coating. We would rather lose the job than take money for a film over a saturated roof that will be leaking again by spring.
Our approach on older Burnsville buildings
We test before we specify
No coating goes on a roof we have not cut into. The core tells us the system, the insulation condition and whether there is a second roof hiding under the first.
Roofing and siding in one visit
Redevelopment era buildings usually need more than the roof. Since we do siding and metal work too, the wall and the roof get looked at together instead of in two separate trips.
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We hold a 5.0 rating from 217 Google reviews. That is not a sales line, it is something you can check for yourself before you let anyone on your roof.
Estimates come with the alternative
The free estimate covers coating, and where replacement is the honest answer it covers that too, so you are comparing the two options on the same piece of paper.
The lot gets cleaned daily
Coating work throws off wash water, debris and containers. Around Heart of the City the parking is shared and tight, so the lot gets swept and cleared at the end of each day.
What people near Burnsville 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
Questions from Burnsville property owners
What people in Burnsville ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
My Burnsville building already has two roofs on it. Can it still be coated?
Sometimes. The number of layers matters less than whether they are dry. We pull a core and look. Two dry layers can take a coating. Two layers with water trapped between them cannot, and adding a sealed film on top of wet insulation makes it worse, because now the moisture has nowhere to go.
Is a coating worth it if we may sell the property in a few years?
Often yes. That is one of the clearest cases for it. You are not trying to buy twenty more years, you are trying to keep the building dry and keep a roof off the inspection report while you hold it. Coating a sound roof does that for far less than a tear off.
Does the wind off the river valley cause problems for coated roofs?
It does not hurt a properly bonded coating in the field of the roof. Where wind matters in Burnsville is the perimeter. If edge metal, coping or the membrane termination is loose, wind gets under the edge and lifts, and the coating goes with it. We fasten and detail the perimeter before coating for exactly that reason.
Find out if coating still makes sense
We will cut a core, look at the perimeter and tell you plainly whether your Burnsville roof is a coating candidate or past it. The estimate is free either way.
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- Office6600 City West Pkwy Suite 375, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
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