Orange County homeowners use four main varieties of liquid coatings for their homes with flat roofs. Commercial building owners and property managers opt for the same products for their non-residential facilities too. When it comes to liquid roof coatings, Crank Waterproofing, Decking, and Roofing leans on these products for Orange County flat roofs.
Asphalt Membrane Rubber System
Fluid-applied asphalt systems offer a cutting-edge option to protect your roof from strong winds, heavy rains, hail, and whatever else Mother Nature throws at your home. This costing system delivers an affordable way to prolong the life of an existing roof.
Not just for flat roofs, this roof coating goes over your shingle roof and forms a seamless membrane. Made from asphalt and elastomeric polymers, the molecules stretch and recover to conform to the shape of the shingles.
Polyurethane Roof Coatings
Turn to polyurethane roof coatings when you want the strongest and most durable elastomeric coatings available. Like other coatings, they work to extend the life of a roof and are easily applied over existing roofs.
Manufacturers offer aliphatic and aromatic variants of this type of product. Each variant provides its own type of protection. While both give your roof impact protection, only the aliphatic coatings offer protection from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. Crank Waterproofing, Decking, and Roofing prefers to use aromatic polyurethane roof coatings as a base coat and aliphatic coatings as the top coat.
Customers enjoy the best of both worlds with this approach.
Silicone Coatings
Flat and sloped roofs enjoy a bit of renewal with silicone-type coatings made especially for the roof. Silicone coatings offer exception moisture resistance, so they stand up well to rain and snow. While snow isn’t a problem for Orange County roofs, our roofs do require protection from rain. These roof coatings provide excellent surface adherence, so they resist chipping and weathering. A silicone roof does have certain drawbacks. It becomes quite slippery when wet. Now, that’s not a problem for most homes. But, if the roof to be coated covers a commercial building and mechanical components reside on the roof, HVAC techs won’t enjoy slip-sliding their way to service your systems.
Acrylic Roof Coatings for Orange County Roofs
Consider acrylic when you need a cost-effective coating option. They deliver long-lasting protection and help conserve energy as well. Because these coatings have highly reflective properties, they keep buildings cooler and reduce the sun’s impact on the roof. Unlike some other roof coatings, acrylic avoids a bad reputation as a coating that confounds application equipment. Orange County roofers love the way acrylic sprays easily without gumming up application equipment and homeowners love the cost savings.
4 Roof Coatings and One Roofer
No matter what roof coating works best for your Orange County roof, trust Crank Waterproofing, Decking, and Roofing for professional application.
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