Maplewood, Minnesota
Responsive EPDM Roofing in Maplewood, MN
A February day can start near twenty below and finish above freezing, and that single swing tugs at every lap seam on the flat rubber roofs of Maplewood, where much of the commercial stock went up in the 1970s and 1980s and a good share of it is still wearing its first membrane. Orange Exteriors installs, recovers and repairs EPDM across the full ten miles from the mall corridor down to the Battle Creek bluffs, and the estimate is free.
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What an Original EPDM Roof Looks Like at Forty
Most of the rubber we look at in this city is not failing out in the field. It is failing at the edges: the T joints where three plies meet, the pitch pockets around rooftop units that were set decades ago, the flashing where a parapet turns a corner and nothing has moved with it. Ballasted systems from the 1980s hide all of that under river rock, so the first honest step is pulling stone in a few places and reading the seams. A roof with sound membrane, dry insulation and tired laps is usually a recover candidate, and a recover keeps the building open and the tenants working. Once a core comes up wet, or the deck has been soaked through two or three winters, tearing off is the cheaper long game and we say so. We also talk through roof coatings when a membrane still has years left and an owner needs to stretch it to the next capital cycle.
EPDM Roofing in Maplewood
What a Sound Rubber Roof Gives a Maplewood Building
Laps That Stretch Instead of Split
New seam tape over primed laps lets the sheet move when a late winter afternoon runs forty degrees warmer than dawn, so the membrane stretches with the swing instead of splitting open along an old lap.
The Roof Stops Bleeding Heat
Wet cores come out and new board goes down, so the roof stops bleeding heat over the tenant space below and the deck finally gets a chance to dry out and stay that way.
No Tear Off Dust Over the Tenants
A recover goes down over the existing system, which means no tear off dust, no interior protection and no closed doors for the retail and office tenants who need to keep operating during the job.
Details Built for Mismatched Rooflines
Parapet corners, curb flashings and pitch pockets get built and terminated by hand, which matters on the mixed rooflines here where an eighties addition meets an older section at a different height.
Ballast Off, Load Off the Deck
Stripping river rock off a 1980s ballasted roof takes real weight off the deck before a heavy snow year, and a mechanically attached or fully adhered system replaces it without the stone.
No More January Ceiling Stains
Leaks stop showing up as brown ceiling tile in the middle of winter, because the water never gets past a sound lap and a properly terminated edge in the first place.
How We Work on Maplewood Rubber Roofs
Cores Before Numbers
We take core samples and a moisture read before we price anything, then walk you through the photos. Recover and tear off get quoted side by side so the number matches what is actually under your membrane.
We Meet the Maplewood Inspector
Maplewood runs its own building department, so a tear off and reroof needs a permit and a contractor licensed with the state or with the city. We are licensed and insured, we pull the permit and we meet the inspector.
That Night, Not Next Week's Slot
Our phones are answered around the clock, seven days. A membrane corner peeled back by a February wind gets temporary termination and weight that night, not a callback slot sometime next week.
Eden Prairie Family, 217 Reviews
We are a family run, faith based company working out of Eden Prairie, and the 5.0 rating across 217 Google reviews comes from owners who watched the same crew finish the roof we said we would.
Bruising, Scrim and Ballast Recorded
Hail and wind damage on rubber is its own language. We document bruising, scrim exposure and displaced ballast, then meet your adjuster on the roof so the scope covers the assembly and not one patch.
What people near Maplewood 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.
Carolyn MillerSiding repair
EPDM Questions We Hear in Maplewood
What people in Maplewood ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
How old are Maplewood commercial roofs, and is mine likely still on original EPDM?
Much of the low slope stock along the mall corridor and the older business strips went up in the 1970s and 1980s, and single ply rubber landed on many of those buildings during the eighties. That puts a first generation membrane here at roughly thirty five to forty five years old. Without a reroof record on file, assume original until a core says otherwise.
How do I tell whether my Maplewood roof can take a recover?
What sits under the sheet answers it. Dry insulation, a sound deck and only one existing system usually point to a recover, which moves faster and keeps your tenants inside. Wet cores, two layers already down or a corroding steel deck point to tear off instead. We pull cores and show you the photos before you pick.
Why do EPDM seams and flashings fail first on Maplewood roofs?
Rubber expands and shrinks with every freeze and thaw, and this city gets that cycle twice in a single day through late winter. The field sheet has room to move, but a lap, a curb corner or a parapet flashing is restrained, so the stress lands there. Exposure varies too: an open roof near the mall takes more wind and sun than one down by the ravines.
Start With Cores on Your Maplewood Roof
Call (612) 600-8529 any hour, any day. We walk the roof, take cores, photograph the seams and hand you a free written estimate with recover and tear off side by side, with no obligation either way.
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Tell us what is going on with your roof, siding, windows, or gutters. We will take a look and give you a straight answer, including when the answer is that you can wait.
- Phone(612) 600-8529
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- Office6600 City West Pkwy Suite 375, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
- HoursOpen 24 hours, Sunday to Saturday
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