Jordan, Minnesota
Skilled EPDM Roofing in Jordan, MN
Behind the buff brick fronts on the valley floor in Jordan, the roofs are flat, small and older than anyone working on them. Most of the buildings in the historic district went up between 1865 and 1880, and their low slope roofs have been covered, recovered and patched for a century. Rubber is what is up there now on most of them, and it usually meets a parapet wall that moves.
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The wall fails before the membrane does
On a downtown Jordan building the tear off is the part nobody can quote from the ground. Under the rubber there is usually old built up roofing sitting on a plank deck that has been damp at the wall for decades. We probe before we quote and we still carry an allowance for bad boards, because on a roof this old you find them. The parapets are the real work. Buff brick laid in the 1870s takes on water at the coping, and the freeze and thaw cycle here moves the top of that wall enough to tear a termination loose. Membrane has to run up the parapet, get a proper counterflashing and a coping that sheds, or the new roof leaks in the same spot as the old one. For sound roofs we also do roof coatings, which can be the right call on a building waiting on other repairs.
EPDM Roofing in Jordan
What matters on a century old downtown roof
Coping and counterflashing that sheds
Water gets into these walls from the top. A coping with a proper drip and a counterflashing let into the brick keeps the parapet dry, which is what keeps the membrane termination in place.
Rotten deck boards found early
We probe the plank deck before quoting, then open the worst areas first. Knowing how many boards are gone changes the plan before the crew is committed, not halfway through a Tuesday.
Historic district work done quietly
A roof behind a parapet is not visible from the street, which keeps most of this work simple, but anything that changes the look of the building gets checked against the district before material is ordered.
Old built up roofing taken off
Rubber laid over gravel and felt in the 1980s traps everything below it. Getting that weight and that moisture off an old plank deck is often the point of the job, not a side effect.
Scupper openings relined
These roofs drain out through the parapet, and the opening cut through the brick is a leak waiting to happen. We line it with metal and tie the membrane into it rather than sealing around it.
Dust kept out of the space below
Tear off over an occupied storefront drops grit through an old plank deck. We cover what is underneath and dry in every section before the crew leaves for the day.
Working on a building this old
We open it up before quoting
On a roof this old, cores and probes are not optional. We would rather spend an afternoon finding out what the deck is than hand you a number that changes on day two.
We coordinate with the city
Permits and any historic district questions get answered before material is ordered. The downtown buildings sit in a listed district and we treat that as part of the job.
Access planned for a narrow street
Downtown means no lay down yard. We schedule the container, the lift and the deliveries so the sidewalk and the neighboring businesses are not blocked all week.
We will tell you to wait
Sometimes the right answer on an 1870s building is to fix the coping, patch two seams and give the roof a few more years while other work gets done. We say that.
Everything documented as we go
Photos of the deck once it is open, of the wall before the flashing goes back, and of the finished details. You end up with a record of what is inside your building.
What people near Jordan 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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Downtown Jordan roof questions
What people in Jordan ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Can you reroof a building in the Jordan Historic District?
Yes. The district covers fourteen contributing buildings and was listed on the National Register in 1980, and most low slope roofs behind those parapets are not visible from the street, so the membrane itself is rarely the issue. What can matter is anything that changes the brick or the visible edge. We check that with the city before ordering material.
What happens if the wood deck under my roof turns out to be rotten?
We replace what is gone. On the older buildings down on the valley floor the plank deck is usually sound in the field and soft along the parapet where the wall has been wet. We probe before quoting so the allowance is realistic, and any board we open up gets shown to you before it is covered again.
Why does my downtown Jordan roof leak at the wall and not the middle?
Because the wall is where everything moves. Brick from the 1870s soaks up water at the coping, and the freeze and thaw swing here works the top of that parapet all winter. The membrane termination gets pulled and opened. The field of the roof sits still and stays fine, which is why patching the middle never fixes it.
See what is under your roof
We will probe the deck, look hard at the parapets, and tell you honestly whether this is a repair year or a replacement year. Free estimates on downtown Jordan buildings.
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