Eagan, Minnesota
Detailed Commercial Certified Roof Assessment in Eagan, MN
A lot of the commercial roofs in Eagan, offices and multi tenant buildings that went up alongside the mid 1980s housing, are on their second membrane by now. An assessment here is usually ordered because a lease is turning over, a buyer wants the roof section of a due diligence file, or a facilities budget needs a real number instead of a guess.
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Second membranes and what hides under them
An Eagan roof from that era has often been recovered once already. The first thing we settle is how many layers are up there, because most of these buildings cannot take a third, and a recover over wet insulation is money thrown at a deck that is already rusting. We pull the perimeter, look at the metal edge and the deep soffit returns those plans use, and check where limbs sit over the roof. Oaks around Patrick Eagan Park and the older Cedar Grove blocks drop debris into drains and scrape coating off the surface, and clearing them has to wait out the April through July window. Multi tenant buildings add units, sleepers and conduit runs. If the report ends in a recover, TPO roofing over the existing build up is usually the honest option.
Commercial Certified Roof Assessment in Eagan
What the walk turns up on Eagan buildings
Tenant turnover condition record
When a lease ends or a new tenant takes a suite, we document the roof over their space, including units and penetrations added during the term, so the condition is on record before anyone signs.
Limb contact mapped, timing noted
We photograph where oak limbs sit on or over the roof and note the abrasion. Because of Eagan's oak wilt program, guidance is to hold that pruning until after July, and the report says so.
Deep soffit and edge check
Those mid 1980s plans carry deep overhangs and long metal edges. We open a section where the fascia looks stained, because rot at the edge usually means the drip edge or the gutter line quit years ago.
Entry canopies and low pitch roofs
The low pitch canopies over storefront and office entries hold sliding snow against the wall. We check the wall flashing behind them, which is where the water gets in and stains the lobby ceiling.
Skylights and smoke vents rated
Older skylights, curbs and smoke vents haze over, crack and leak around their frames long before the field does. Each one gets rated, so you know whether to reflash it or replace it.
Old work meeting new work
Where a Cedar Grove building has been re-skinned or added onto, the seam between the old roof and the new work is the weak point. We check the tie in, the counterflashing and the reglets there.
Why owners and managers call us back
Family run, and it shows
We are a family business, so the person who walks your roof is the person who writes the report and answers the question you have about it three months later.
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Our Google rating is 5.0 across 217 reviews. For an owner deciding who to let onto the roof of a leased building, that record is worth a look before the call.
We work around your tenants
Access gets arranged with your building staff, and we stay off the occupied side during business hours where we can. Nobody in the suites below needs to know we were up there.
Findings written for a file
The report is written to sit in a property file and still make sense to whoever opens it in three years, not to be read once and thrown in a drawer.
Estimates come after the report
The walk and the findings come first. If work is warranted we will quote it, but the assessment itself is not a sales call with a clipboard attached.
What people near Eagan say
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 Orange Exteriors did an excellent job with my new roofing install. Very professional, on time and hard working crew. Completed the job in one day.
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Common questions from managers
What people in Eagan ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Can you assess a roof in Eagan while tenants are still in the building?
Yes, and most of what we do is on occupied buildings. The walk itself is quiet. Core cuts make some noise and get patched the same visit, so we schedule those around the tenant below when the space is sensitive, a clinic or a call center for instance. Nobody has to move out.
My building has an older roof over an even older one. What now?
That is common on mid 1980s stock. We find out by cutting, not by looking. If there are two layers and the lower one is wet, the honest answer is tear off, because a recover would trap the water and put the deck at risk. If the lower layer is dry, a recover is often the better spend.
Do the oaks over my Eagan property need to be cut back before a re-roof?
The limbs that touch or overhang the roof do, because they scrub the surface and drop debris into the drains. Timing matters here. State guidance is to avoid pruning oaks from April through July, so if the re-roof falls in that window, plan the trimming for late summer or winter and sequence the work around it.
Put your Eagan roof in the file
Send us the address, the building age if you know it, and whether the report is for a lease, a sale or a budget. We will walk it and write it up.
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