Maple Grove, Minnesota
Licensed EPDM Roofing in Maple Grove, MN
Hail rarely picks one building in Maple Grove, it takes the whole business park at once. That is why rubber roofs here tend to get looked at in groups: whole streets of buildings that went up within a few years of each other in the late 1990s and 2000s, and now reach the same age together. EPDM handles hail better than most membranes, but the flashings and the ballast do not.
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One hail storm is not a roof plan
Hail is the reason many of these calls come in. EPDM is tough against impact, tougher than most single-plies, and a bruised rubber roof often has more life left than a quick look from the parking lot suggests. What actually gets hurt is everything else: the ballast, the coping, the vents and the curb flashings. Around Arbor Lakes, and out toward Rush Creek and Weaver Lake, whole rows of buildings went up inside a few years of one another, which means they hit replacement age together and the calls come in clusters. That timing works in your favor if the buildings are yours: one scope, one schedule, one set of photographs. It also means an honest inspection matters more than a fast one. Where the membrane checks out, we would rather talk about repairs and roof coatings than write up a full replacement for a roof that does not need one.
EPDM Roofing in Maple Grove
What matters on a hail-prone Maple Grove roof
Buildings that aged together, handled together
Arbor Lakes and the newer commercial pockets went up in a compressed window. If you hold more than one building, we sequence them by actual condition rather than doing whichever one leaks first.
Hail bruising found before it opens
Rubber takes impact well, so damage often shows as a bruise you can feel rather than a hole you can see. Those spots get marked, patched and photographed before winter turns them into leaks.
Roof work timed with unit swaps
Rooftop units set on these late 1990s buildings are wearing out alongside the rubber. Timing the roof with your mechanical contractor's unit swap means each curb gets lifted and flashed once, not twice.
Ballast and coping checked first
On these roofs the membrane usually survives and the trim does not. Coping caps, edge metal and any ballast get looked at before anyone talks about replacing the field.
Punctures patched properly
A hail puncture in rubber is genuinely repairable. Cleaned, primed and covered with a proper patch, it stays fixed, which beats a smear of sealant that fails on the first cold night.
Black or white membrane, your call
EPDM comes both ways. Black warms the roof and sheds snow sooner, white holds down summer heat on a building with a lot of glass. We will tell you which suits yours and why.
Why owners here call us and not a storm crew
Someone answers the night it hails
When a hail line crosses Maple Grove at night, the phone is still answered, 24 hours a day and seven days a week, by someone who can get an active leak dealt with.
We do not follow storms
We are based in Eden Prairie and we are here in February too. The crews that appear in a neighborhood the week after hail are usually gone before the first seam opens.
One street, one schedule
If several of your buildings came through the same storm, they get planned as one job with one set of dates, rather than five separate visits spread across a season.
We test before we call it hail
Not every mark on a roof is impact damage. Some of it is foot traffic and some is age. We say which is which, because the right repair depends on what caused it.
The estimate is free either way
Whether the roof needs replacing, patching or nothing at all, looking costs you nothing and there is no obligation attached to it.
What people near Maple Grove say
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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.
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Hail and EPDM questions in Maple Grove
What people in Maple Grove ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Every building on my Maple Grove street is being re-roofed. Should mine be?
Maybe, and the reason they all came up at once is that they were all built at once. That does not mean every roof is finished. We core yours and look at the seams and the flashings, and if it has years left we will tell you that even though your neighbors are all signing.
Can hail actually damage a rubber roof?
Yes, though less than it damages most other membranes. Large stones bruise the sheet where it sits over insulation, and they punch through where it sits over something hard. Coping, vents and unit panels usually take the visible hit. A careful walk finds the bruises, which are the ones that turn into leaks later.
Should the rock stay on our ballasted Maple Grove roof when the membrane is replaced?
It depends on the deck and how the building is used. Ballast holds a loose laid sheet down, but it adds weight, hides punctures and makes every leak search slower. On many late 1990s Maple Grove buildings we recommend pulling the rock and adhering or fastening the new rubber. Where the structure and layout suit ballast, clean stone can go back down.
Have your roof inspected after the hail
If hail went through your part of Maple Grove, get the roof looked at before small damage turns into a leak. We inspect, photograph and tell you plainly whether you need a repair, a recover or nothing yet.
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