Stillwater, Minnesota
Thorough PVC Roofing in Stillwater, MN
The fryers behind a Main Street kitchen run from the lunch rush to last call, and every hour of that vapor settles on the low roof above the dish pit. That daily load is the whole reason PVC exists, and the reason Stillwater restaurants and taprooms keep asking for it by name. Orange Exteriors welds PVC commercial roofing across Washington County, from the brick blocks by the Lift Bridge to the service bays set back above the river valley. We are family run, faith based, licensed and insured, and our phone is staffed at every hour of the night.
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What Grease Actually Does to a Downtown Roof
Cooking oil is a solvent. Vapor that leaves a hood and lands on a low roof softens the sheet it settles on, and once the surface goes soft it traps dirt, holds water and begins to check. PVC is compounded to stand up to that specific attack, which is why it belongs behind the restaurants, coffee roasters and taprooms on the downtown blocks, and on the small processing buildings above the valley where cleaning chemicals join the exhaust plume. Welding adds the second argument, because each lap is fused into one continuous sheet and the gusts that funnel up the St. Croix have no glued edge to pry at. When grease is not really the problem, we say so and price EPDM roofing instead, because a dry storage building with no hood over it should not pay for chemistry it will never meet. Naming that difference out loud is the point of a free estimate.
PVC Roofing in Stillwater
What PVC Changes on a Stillwater Building
Fryer Vapor Stops Winning
Hood exhaust drops a film of cooking oil across the deck behind every downtown kitchen. PVC holds its surface and its flex under that film, so the sheet near your fan curb does not go soft, swell or check the way asphalt and rubber do.
Brewery and Taproom Wash Water
Caustic cleaners, sanitizer and acid rinse from a brewhouse or a taproom kitchen end up in the same exhaust plume and the same drain line. PVC tolerates that chemistry, so the roof outlasts several rounds of tenant equipment below it.
Edge Metal That Passes Design Review
Coping and fascia are the parts of a flat roof the sidewalk can see. We fabricate PVC clad edge metal in profiles and colors chosen to sit quietly on a historic block, so the visible detail is not the thing that stalls your permit.
Old Masonry Parapets Sealed for Good
Nineteenth century brick parapets leak at the wall, not in the field. The membrane runs up and over, terminates in a reglet cut into sound masonry and gets counterflashed in metal, instead of relying on a bead of sealant that fails in three winters.
Scuppers That Do Not Ice the Sidewalk
Downtown roofs drain through the wall and onto a public sidewalk or alley. We weld boots into every scupper, pitch the field to reach them and set overflow properly, so winter discharge is not building a hazard under your own storefront.
Compressor Curbs and Vents Sealed Tight
Walk in condensers, ice machine lines, gas piping and vent stacks crowd the deck behind a small kitchen. Each one gets a welded PVC flashing made from the same sheet as the roof, so the penetration count stops being the leak count.
How We Run a Job in Downtown Stillwater
Design Review Before Demolition
Exterior work inside the Stillwater Commercial Historic District goes to the Heritage Preservation Commission for a design permit. We prepare that submittal and build the review into the calendar, rather than finding it after the dumpster is booked.
Party Walls and the Neighbor's Roof
Downtown buildings share walls, and half the flashing work sits on somebody else's parapet. We get written access agreements and photograph the adjoining roof before and after, so nobody inherits a dispute over a scuff that was already there.
Welding Between Last Call and Prep
A hood cannot run while the deck above it is open. We stage tear off and welding in the hours between closing and the morning delivery, and the roof is dried in before your kitchen manager unlocks the back door.
Wood Plank Decks Get Repaired First
Under the tar on an 1880s building there is usually board decking, and fasteners hold differently in old wood than in steel. We sound the deck, replace rotted planks and pick a fastening pattern that matches what is actually up there.
Grease Containment at Every Fan
Absorbent containment under a hood discharge is the cheapest protection a new roof gets. We replace those units at reroof, weld a protection layer beneath them, and show your crew how often they need changing to keep fallout off the sheet.
What people near Stillwater say
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.
Hazel JamesRoof replacement, Minneapolis, MN 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
Stillwater PVC Questions
What people in Stillwater ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Does my downtown Stillwater building actually need PVC, or would another membrane do?
It comes down to what leaves your exhaust fans. Fryers, a griddle, a coffee roaster or a brewhouse wash bay put oil and chemistry on the deck every day, and that is the job PVC was compounded for. If the space is offices, retail or dry storage, a different single ply will last just as long for less money, and we will tell you that at the estimate rather than after the contract is signed.
How do you get a crane and a dumpster onto a Main Street block in July?
Carefully, and with paperwork. Tourist season parking, narrow alleys and one way blocks mean we schedule the lift for early morning, arrange the right of way and lane closure through the city, and bring material up in stages rather than parking a boom in front of your entrance all week. On tight sites we load off the alley and keep the sidewalk open the entire time.
Will a new flat roof change what people see from the sidewalk?
Only at the edge. The field sits below the parapet and out of view, so the visible pieces are the coping, the fascia and anything tall enough to break the roofline. We match profiles to what is already there, keep new rooftop equipment set back from the street face, and put drawings of the edge detail in front of the Commission before anything is ordered.
Walk Your Stillwater Roof With Us
Call (612) 600-8529 at any hour. We will get on the roof, look hard at the field around your exhaust curbs and scuppers, and hand you a written PVC scope at no cost, with the historic review already built into the schedule.
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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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