Whittier Roof Coating

A roof coating buys years back on a Whittier flat roof that is weathered but still sound. Hillside exposure means long afternoon sun and the first of the Santa Ana winds, which is hard on a flat roof's surface and its flashings.

When coating makes sense in Whittier

We usually recommend coating when the roof shows:

• A roof with years left in the deck and insulation underneath
• Low spots that hold water for days after a storm
• Flashing and penetrations that leak while the field of the roof is still solid
• Chalky, sun-baked membrane that has lost its surface but not its body
• Seams and laps that have opened up and started weeping

What the street looks like in Whittier

Ask any crew that works Los Angeles County and they will tell you the same thing - ridges here catch the first gust of every Santa Ana. At about 13 miles southeast, Whittier is an easy run for us, inspection or emergency.

You will see our trucks in Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs and La Mirada on the same run.

• Gutters are pulled and refitted where they block a proper drip edge.
• Tear-off debris leaves the same day; nobody is left with a pile over the weekend.
• Magnet sweeps run morning and evening, which matters on a street with kids and bare feet.
• Skylights are flashed new rather than reused, because that is where the next leak starts.
• We work around tenants and business hours where the building is occupied.

Book in the dry months and the whole job happens on dry decking. Ask for the inspection, keep the report, and decide in your own time.

How we work in Whittier

You get a text when the crew is coming and a walk-through when they are done.

• We photograph every slope and penetration so you see what we see before deciding anything.
• We do not ask for large deposits before material is delivered.
• Rake and eave metal is new on every job; reusing bent metal is false economy.
• Fascia and rafter tails get checked while the edge is open.

What roof coating costs in Whittier

Coating is priced by the square foot once we know the condition and how much prep the roof needs, and the number comes to you in writing before anything starts.

A coating runs well under the cost of a tear-off and replacement, and there is no dumpster, no demolition and no days of noise over the tenants' heads.

What you get out of it

A silicone system at the right thickness over a properly prepped roof gives you ten years and up, and acrylic is close behind on a roof that drains well. Both systems are renewable: when the time comes you wash the roof and add another coat instead of starting over, which is why building owners keep coming back to them.

What the work looks like

• Inspect and measure, including core tests where we need to know what is under the membrane
• Clean the roof — power wash, remove dirt, chalk and loose coating
• Repair: cracks, open seams, failed flashing, blisters and bad penetrations
• Prime where the substrate calls for it
• Apply the coating in multiple passes to the specified thickness, seams and details first
• Final walk for even coverage and thickness, then clean up the site

Choosing the system for your Whittier roof

• Silicone: the pick for roofs that pond. It handles standing water, resists UV without turning brittle, and lasts longest of the two.
• Acrylic: the pick for roofs that drain clean. Lower cost per square, excellent reflectivity, and easy to recoat later.
• Both go down seamless, so there are no laps or fasteners for water to work into.
• Both drop the roof surface temperature sharply, which shows up on the cooling bill of a conditioned building.

When coating is the wrong call

A coating needs a dry, sound roof underneath. When a Whittier roof does not have that, the honest answer is a replacement, and we will quote it that way.

Serving Whittier and nearby

We coat commercial and residential low-slope roofs throughout Whittier and the surrounding Los Angeles County communities, including Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs and La Mirada.

Talk to a Whittier roof coating contractor

The estimate is free. Call (818) 277-6626 and we will measure your Whittier roof, check the deck, seams and drains, and tell you plainly whether coating is the right call.

Questions Whittier owners ask us

Before we quote we check the deck, the ventilation, the flashings and the drainage. Three of those four are invisible from the ground, and all four decide how long the roof lasts.

We do not use subcontract crews we have never met. The people on your Whittier roof are the people we train, and they carry our workers' compensation.

What we check before quoting

Dry-season work is cheaper and safer, because the whole job happens on dry decking. Once the first storm is on the ten-day forecast the calendar in Whittier tightens fast, and emergency work costs more than planned work.