Metal Roof Coating & Restoration in New Mexico & El Paso

Seal the metal roof you already have

Most metal roofs start leaking at the screws, the seams and the rust spots long before the panels themselves are worn out. Heat and cold work the screws loose, the rubber washers dry out and crack in the New Mexico sun, and the laps between panels open up. A silicone restoration seals every one of those spots and then covers the whole roof in one seamless membrane, right over the metal that is there now.

It starts with a roof inspection and an adhesion test. If the panels are sound, we clean the roof, make the repairs, seal the details and spray the silicone to the thickness your warranty calls for. If the roof is rusted through or the building needs something else, we’ll tell you that instead.

Signs your metal roof is ready for this

• Rust streaks running down the panels from the screw lines
• Daylight showing through screw holes when you look up from inside
• Water stains or drips on the purlins after a storm
• Rubber washers cracked or missing, and screws backed out
• Paint gone chalky and faded, with rust starting on the ridges and laps
• Leaks at the skylight panels, vents, pipe jacks or curbs

One or two of these means the roof is probably a good candidate. Panels rusted through across large areas mean it is time to talk about replacement instead, and we’ll say so.

What we fix before the coating goes on

• Loose, stripped and backed-out screws replaced with oversized gasketed fasteners
• Every screw head sealed over with silicone mastic
• Horizontal laps, ridge caps and rake edges sealed, with fabric reinforcement where they move
• Surface rust wire-brushed and primed with a rust-inhibiting primer
• Holes and rusted-through spots patched with new metal
• Translucent skylight panels cleaned and coated with a clear silicone, or replaced if they are brittle
• Curbs, vents, pipe jacks and gutters flashed and sealed, where most roof leaks start

Three warranty terms

The term depends on how much silicone goes on the roof. The manufacturer sets a minimum coating thickness for each one, and we measure it with a wet-film gauge as we spray. The standard warranty covers the coating material itself. A full system warranty that covers labor and materials is available on qualifying roofs.

Warranties are issued by the coating manufacturer, and the terms depend on the system and the condition of the roof. We’ll show you the warranty terms with your estimate, before any work starts.

Patch it, restore it, or replace it?

How a restoration goes

1. Inspection and adhesion test: We walk the roof, check the panels, screws, seams and rust, look at the leaks from inside, and test a patch of coating to confirm it bonds.
2. Power wash: Dirt, chalky old paint, oil and loose rust come off so the silicone bonds to clean metal. The roof dries before anything else goes on.
3. Repairs and rust treatment: Bad screws replaced, damaged metal patched, skylight panels handled, and rusted areas brushed and primed.
4. Seams and fasteners: Silicone mastic over every screw head and along the laps, ridges and edges, with fabric where the roof flexes.
5. Silicone coating: We spray the silicone across the whole roof and check the thickness with a gauge as we go, to the build your warranty term calls for.
6. Final inspection and warranty: We check coverage and every detail against the estimate, review our inspection findings with you, and register the warranty.

Finish colors

White is the standard finish and the most reflective. Gray and tan are available depending on the system, which matters on a house or any building where the roof shows from the street. We’ll go over the options when we look at the roof.

What to compare in roof estimates

• Which panels, fasteners, seams and penetrations need repairs before coating?
• How will rust, loose coatings, drainage and compatibility be addressed?
• Which coating product, preparation and application requirements are included?
• Who issues the warranty, what costs does it cover, and what exclusions or maintenance conditions apply?
• Are underside insulation, equipment access and any operating interruptions included or separate?

Roofs that are usually good candidates

• Shops, barns, hangars and steel buildings with exposed-fastener (R-panel or PBR) roofs
• Warehouse and commercial metal roofs leaking at the screws and laps
• Agricultural, equipment and oilfield buildings
• Standing seam roofs leaking at seams, curbs or penetrations
• Metal roofs on homes, in white or a color that suits the house
• Roofs with surface rust where the panels are still solid

A coating is not the fix for panels rusted through across large areas, a damaged structure, or a roof that needs to come off for another reason. We check for those first.

Hail: a silicone coating does not take out dents and is not a hail shield. If the roof has been hailed on, we check the panels and the fasteners first and tell you whether the damage is something a coating should go over.

What to tell us for an estimate

• The building: shop, barn, warehouse or house, and roughly how big it is
• Roof type: exposed-fastener (screws you can see, R-panel or PBR) or standing seam
• How old the roof is and whether it has ever been painted or coated
• Where it leaks, and whether that is at the screws, the laps, or around vents, curbs and skylights
• Rooftop equipment, skylights, gutters and anything else up there
• A few photos from the ground, and from the roof if you can get up safely

Then we come look at it. We check the panels and fasteners, test the coating on a patch of your roof, and give you a written estimate with the warranty terms spelled out.