Beyond my job as the business's 'green guy', I'm also a commercial homeowner. My building right here in Maine has a ribbed steel roof that has to do with 25 years old. It's been a good building with fantastic lessees but there were truly beginning to be some problems with one certain 100-square area of the roof. It had not been well preserved, and some of the subjected fasteners, especially in locations where repairs had actually been done previously, were beginning to trigger troubles. As a matter of fact, as we peeled off up a few of the repair works, we discovered they in fact trapped wetness and created rust to form. One of our occupants makes fine furnishings, and they were complaining regarding leakages, and there had been been some inventory losses.

And with the summertime heat, I was running the supporters and the air handlers regularly to keep everyone comfy. It was clear something should be done. I looked at a couple of choices, consisting of going over the roof with a Z-profile and new metal; loading the flutes and bouncing back with a membrane that is solitary ply ; and a engineered roof layer . Topcoat really felt like the most effective selection.

Among things that I truly liked was that the Topcoat team was familiar with all of the uncommon information of the roof and how to approach them. The structure was added onto in phases, and it developed some locations that appeared to leak no matter what we did. There's a full line of Topcoat products which apply to basically every information on the roof. Plus the fluid fabric item removes the lengthy application of fabric at horizontal seams, and tubes of sealant are handy for certain problem areas.

Considering it from the property owner's point of view, the Topcoat coating is a fantastic choice-- I had it skillfully done by Elco Painting and it's visiting last. From a sustainability perspective, a high strong eloatomeric like Topcoat actually works as well. It's a cool, reflective roof that's already saving me power expenses, and it will certainly keep my tenants more comfy as well (I need to state this result is actually exceptional. In direct sun, if you put your practical the layered area, it's cool-- not just 'not warm', but cool. On the galvanized steel, it's as well hot to leave your practical easily). So the new roof is not just going to keep my tenants dry, however it's also keeping them cooler. And we really did not throw away anything to do it. We managed to contribute to the life span of the alreadying existing roof using hardly any new product and putting away hardly any aged product, so I like it from a sustainability viewpoint.

I delight in the occupants will certainly be a little colder and so much more comfy. And as the homeowner, I'm conserving energy, making the asset last much longer, restoring and protecting the roof, and keeping individuals that pay the bills happy. This was my initial encounter with roof repair, has anyone else attempted this?