Crawfordsville Metal Roof Coating Contractor

Usually a pressure wash, removal of loose rust and paint, primer on bare steel, new screws and washers, and reinforced coats at laps and penetrations. Panels thinned by rust are replaced. On older roofs, that prep makes up a large share of the job.

Plan on about $2.50 to $4.00 per square foot for coating, against about $5 to $8 for replacement. On older roofs, the amount of rust, the number of screws and washers to replace, and any panel ends that need cutting out move the price most. The final number follows the roof walk.

Yes. We cover Crawfordsville from Lafayette, south down the highway. Call with the building address and tell us what you see inside, such as stains along a wall or drips at the eaves, and we will set up a roof walk to find where the water starts.

We take older shops and plants in Crawfordsville, starting with a roof walk and a written repair list. Older roofs hide their worst rust under dirt and patching, so we probe and test before pricing anything. You see the photos and decide which repairs come first.

Each screw seals through a rubber washer, and on an older roof thousands of them have dried and split. One failed washer is a small leak, but a whole roof of them lets water in at every rib, so washers are renewed before coating.

We probe the worst areas with a pick and a hammer. Surface rust brushes away to firm steel, while thinned steel flakes or gives. Panels that give are replaced, and the rest is primed.

Often, yes. Loose patching is scraped off, the roof is washed, and an adhesion test on the old material shows whether coating will bond to it. Where it holds, the patches are primed and coated over. Where it peels, the patching is removed down to clean steel.