
Roof Systems
Every commercial roof system that performs in the St Louis climate - TPO, EPDM, PVC, modified bitumen, BUR, silicone coatings, metal - with installation details, warranty options, and freeze-thaw performance notes.
Roof Systems
St Louis commercial roofs have to survive a climate that pushes in both directions. Summer surface temps on dark membrane run past 160°F. Winter freeze-thaw cycles crack deteriorated flashings and open seams that hold through the warm season. The 1993 Mississippi River flood underscored what extreme weather events can do to building envelopes across the metro, and the derecho events that periodically cross Missouri put wind-uplift stress on every mechanically fastened system in their path.
The systems below are what we install, recover, and maintain. Each system page describes installation method, expected service life in St Louis conditions, warranty options, and the buildings each system is best suited for. We are manufacturer-agnostic - the right system depends on building use, deck condition, slope, and capital horizon, not on what we have in the truck.
Ballasted flat roofs, loose-laid membrane weighted with river-washed stone or concrete pavers, represent a significant portion of the 1970s and 1980s commercial building stock in St Louis County and Chesterfield. We.
St Louis has more original BUR stock still in service than most Sun Belt markets. Older masonry commercial buildings Downtown, in Midtown, and along the south city industrial corridor have carried asphalt and aggregate.
St Louis commercial roof surface temperatures exceed 160 degrees Fahrenheit on dark membranes in July. Reflective cool-roof systems reduce that surface temperature by 50 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, cutting cooling loads.
EPDM ethylene propylene diene monomer has been the benchmark industrial flat-roof membrane in St Louis since the 1980s. Its cold-temperature flexibility, chemical resistance, and long service life make it the right.
Modified bitumen is the multi-layer roofing system for St Louis commercial buildings that need more redundancy than a single-ply membrane provides, older concrete-deck masonry construction in Midtown and Downtown,.
PVC is the membrane for St Louis commercial buildings where chemical resistance, grease tolerance, and heat-welded seam integrity are non-negotiable. Restaurant buildings on Olive Street, medical facilities in Central.
Silicone roof coatings extend the service life of sound commercial membranes in St Louis by 10 to 15 years without tear-off. A capital-efficient path for buildings where the existing membrane is structurally intact but.
Spray polyurethane foam SPF roofing combines insulation and waterproofing in a single seamless application. The right system for complex roof geometries, buildings with high energy-code insulation requirements, and.
Standing seam metal is the long-service, low-maintenance roof system for St Louis commercial buildings that can carry the higher installed cost in exchange for a 40-plus-year service life, institutional facilities,.
Thermoplastic polyolefin is the volume-grade flat-roof membrane for the St Louis commercial market. We install TPO on mechanically attached, fully adhered, and induction-welded configurations, each scoped to the.