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Commercial low slope membrane roof under replacement on a building in eastern Pennsylvania

Commercial

Commercial roofing
across eastern PA.

Low slope membrane, metal and coatings on municipal buildings, churches, warehouses, multi-unit properties and school districts. Free assessment and a scope you can put in front of a board.

Start with what the roof is. Low slope buildings fail differently to houses. Seams open, flashings lift, drains block and water tracks sideways before it ever shows up inside. The assessment tells you whether the building needs a full replacement, a section, or a coating that buys years for a fraction of the cost.

Systems

What goes on a low slope roof

TPO
Single ply membrane, heat welded seams, bright white so it reflects heat. The common choice on warehouse and retail.
EPDM
Rubber membrane, long track record, forgiving on complicated layouts with a lot of penetrations.
Modified bitumen
Torch or self adhered, tough underfoot. Suits roofs that get walked on for equipment.
Standing seam metal
Long life, steeper slopes and agricultural or institutional buildings. Usually fails at fasteners long before the panel.
Coatings and restoration
Silicone or acrylic over a roof that still has structure left. Extends service life without a tear-off or a shutdown.
Tear-off and re-roof
When the insulation is wet or the deck is gone, a coating hides the problem rather than fixing it. That gets said plainly.
Standing seam metal roof installation on a large institutional building

Who this is for

Buildings, not square footage

Most of the commercial work here is municipal buildings, churches, smaller warehouses, multi-unit residential, private equity owned property and school districts. Those all have something in common, which is that somebody has to justify the spend to somebody else.

So the assessment comes with photographs, a written scope and an honest read on the timeline. If a board or an owner needs to see why the money is being spent, they can see it rather than take it on trust.

Occupied buildings get planned around. Phasing, staging and access get worked out before the work starts, because a school or a medical tenant cannot have the roof open on a Monday morning with no plan.

Recent commercial work

Buildings around here

Municipal, school district and institutional roofs across the Lehigh Valley. Every one of these is a real building you can go and look at.

Low slope membrane roof replacement on Allentown Central Fire Station, an occupied municipal building
Allentown Central Fire Station
Allentown, PA
Large white membrane roof on the Allentown YMCA, photographed from the air after completion
Allentown YMCA
Allentown, PA
Completed commercial roof on Northwestern Lehigh High School
Northwestern Lehigh High School
New Tripoli, PA
Completed commercial roof replacement on Northwestern Lehigh Middle School
Northwestern Lehigh Middle School
New Tripoli, PA
Roof replacement at Fox Hollow Country Club in Bethlehem
Fox Hollow Country Club
Bethlehem, PA
Completed roof on the Trolley Shops Restaurant building
Trolley Shops Restaurant
Lehigh Valley, PA
Multi-unit residential roof replacement at Tarsus Manor
Tarsus Manor
Lehigh Valley, PA
Tear-off in progress on a large historic commercial building at 3000 Parkway Boulevard, Allentown
3000 Parkway Boulevard
Allentown, PA
Completed shingle roof on a commercial building on Route 873 in Neffs
Route 873
Neffs, PA

How it runs

From first look to close out

Assessment

Somebody walks the roof, photographs the failures, checks the drains, the flashings and the insulation condition.

Free

Written scope

What is being done, what system, what happens if wet insulation turns up once it's opened.

Days

Insurance if it applies

Storm damage on a commercial building is a claim like any other, and it gets documented for the carrier before anything is filed.

As needed

Scheduling around the building

Phasing and access agreed so the tenants, the congregation or the students are not the ones absorbing the disruption.

Agreed up front

Close out

Warranty paperwork, final walkthrough, and the roof left clean.

On completion

Commercial questions

What building owners ask

Can the roof be coated instead of replaced?

Sometimes, and it saves a lot of money when it is genuinely an option.

A coating works when the deck and the insulation are sound and the membrane has life left. It does not work over wet insulation, and anybody offering to coat a saturated roof is selling you two years and a bigger bill.

How do you handle an occupied building?

Phased, with the access and staging agreed before anybody starts.

Schools, churches and multi-unit properties all have times of day and times of year that work and times that do not. That gets built into the schedule rather than discovered on day one.

Is commercial storm damage an insurance claim?

Often yes, the same as residential, and the documentation matters more because the numbers are bigger.

Hail and wind damage on a membrane roof is real damage even when the roof is not leaking yet. It gets photographed and measured the way a carrier needs to see it before anything is filed.

Do you work with property managers and boards?

Yes. Most of the commercial work involves somebody who has to justify the spend upward.

Written scope, photographs and a plain explanation of what happens if conditions change once the roof is open. No verbal quotes.

Get the building
assessed.

Free commercial roof assessment with photographs and a written scope you can put in front of an owner or a board.

Call (610) 890-4800