Recoating Residential Flat Roof Foam Vs Rubber

If small holes to the foam roof occur because of equipment or damage from people walking on it you can usually calk it to prevent it from spreading.

Recoating residential flat roof foam vs rubber. Debris and leaves can build up at low spots. A second recoat is generally necessary only 25 years after the roof s installation. Also commercial roofs at least the ones we own have a lot of rooftop equipment and it s easier to foam around that stuff than it is to install built up roofing around it. No messy granules so the roof surface is smoother and easier to clean plus it should require less coating to cover it.

As the bay area leader in residential foam roofing we have completed 20 000 projects since 1981. To help your flat roof last for 25 years it s important to recoat your foam roof every 5 to 10 years since the sun s ultraviolet rays eventually wear down the protective covering. Foam roofing has been around since the 60 s and dura foam has been installing foam roofs in your neighborhood since 1981. How to reseal a flat roof.

Recoating your foam roof will cost about 25 of the original cost. We re assuming your flat rooms has protective foam sealant since about 90 of arizona s flat roofs are protected by spray polyurethane foam. Seems to be the other way around for residential i m guessing it probably has to do with the size of the roof cost of doing a 2 400 sf roof vs a 50 000 sf roof. Even more so than other roofs flat roofs require maintenance in order to last.

This maintenance typically comes in the form of coating the flat roof. Maybe on balance the dollar cost is the same but roofing is a messy business and that s a lot of foam to go into a landfill. In a decade i ll do another re coat but next time it will go much faster. Foam roofing is ideal for flat roof homes like the eichler displayed above.