Bloomington, Minnesota
Quality EPDM Roofing in Bloomington, MN
Almost every flat roof we look at in Bloomington is on its second membrane already. Oxboro, the Penn American District, the low buildings out in West Bloomington: an original built-up roof from the 1950s or 1960s with an EPDM recover from the 1980s over the top. What matters now is whether the layer trapped between them is dry, and it usually is not.
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Two roofs up there, one coming off
Tear-off is the honest starting point on most Bloomington commercial roofs, because the roof you are standing on is usually not the original. Low-slope buildings put up in the 1950s and 1960s got a second membrane in the 1980s, and the fiberboard sandwiched between the two has been quietly holding water ever since. That extra layer is weight, disposal and the part of the quote owners do not see coming. Snow makes it worse. A long, low plane holds a load all winter instead of shedding it, so fasteners work loose and the field sags toward the middle. When we strip to deck we can see the fasteners and the deck itself, and fix the soft spots before the new sheet goes on. If the roof turns out to be sound and only tired, we will talk about roof coatings before we sell you a tear-off you do not need.
EPDM Roofing in Bloomington
What changes on a Bloomington low-slope roof
Fewer seams across long runs
The roof planes here run long and unbroken. We lay wide EPDM sheets to keep the number of field splices down, because every seam you do not make is a seam that cannot open later.
Fastening sized for held snow
A low plane holds snow all winter rather than shedding it. Fastener pattern and plate density get set for that load, not for a catalog average, and the corners get more than the field.
The second roof comes off
Most buildings here have been re-covered once already. We count the layers before quoting, so the tear-off, the disposal and the days on site match what is really up there.
Insulation brought up to date
Once you are down to deck, the insulation is the easy part to fix. Old thin board comes off and new board goes on, which is the one time in thirty years you get that chance.
Curbs around rooftop units resealed
Older units sit on tired wood curbs. We rebuild the curb where it is soft and flash the membrane up and over it, rather than running new rubber around old metal and hoping.
Soft deck found and replaced
Water that sat between two membranes usually reached the deck somewhere. Bad sheathing gets cut out and replaced while it is open, because you cannot fasten a new roof to rot.
Why Bloomington building owners keep our number
The tear-off scope is written down
We put the number of layers, the disposal and the deck allowance in the estimate. Owners here get burned by change orders on the second and third day, and that is avoidable.
We open only what we can close
The roof gets stripped in sections sized to the forecast and dried in the same day. Nothing is left open overnight in the hope that the radar is wrong.
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You get the photographs
Cores, deck conditions, wet insulation, the parts of your roof you will never stand on. Photos go with the estimate so you can see what you are paying to fix.
We stay out of your parking lot
Retail and office tenants need their stalls. We work out staging and the dumpster location before we start, and we keep the loaded side of the lot away from your front door.
What people near Bloomington say
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.
Dick JohnsonRoof installation 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.
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Flat roof questions from Bloomington owners
What people in Bloomington ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
My Bloomington building already has two roofs on it. What now?
Then the next one is a tear-off. Two membranes is where you stop adding, and in practice the layer between them is wet anyway. The good news is that everything comes off at once, so you end up with new insulation, corrected drainage and a deck you have actually seen.
Is standing water on a low-slope roof a real problem?
It is not an emergency, but it is not fine either. Water that sits for days works at the seams, holds dirt that breaks down the membrane, and adds weight on a plane that is already carrying snow half the year. On a tear-off we correct it with tapered board. On a recover we usually reset the drain.
Can EPDM go down in a Bloomington winter?
Yes, with limits. Adhesives and tapes have temperature ranges, and below them the bond is not reliable, so cold weather work means mechanically fastened systems, heated storage for materials and a shorter window in the day. If your roof is only tired, waiting for spring is often better. If it is leaking, we do not wait.
Find out how many roofs are up there
One visit tells you what your Bloomington building is carrying and what a tear-off would really involve. Free estimate, written scope, and photographs of what we found under the membrane.
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