EPDM Roofing around Provo
Black rubber membrane, proven over decades.
EPDM Roofing for Provo homes and buildings
EPDM in the widest practical sheets to minimise seams, with detailed terminations.
Provo has a wide mix, from century-old homes near the center to dense newer construction, and a lot of rentals where a small leak goes unreported until it is a big one.
Fewer seams, fewer failure points. Sheet layout is most of the job.
What matters on EPDM roofing
Drainage before material
The first question on any low-slope roof is where the water goes. Ponding is what kills membranes, and a roof that holds water for days after a storm will fail early regardless of which sheet is on it. We look at the slope, the drains and the terminations before we talk about material.
Seams and terminations
Field failures on commercial roofs are rare. Failures at seams, curbs, drains and the parapet edge are common. A hot-air welded seam that has been probed is a continuous sheet. Anything taped or glued and unverified is a scheduled leak.
How the system goes together
Bringing an old metal roof back
A metal roof with sound panels and a tired finish is usually a candidate for restoration rather than replacement. Every exposed screw gets pulled and replaced one size up with a fresh washer, the seams and penetrations get reinforced, and then a coating system goes over the whole assembly to seal the thousands of small fastener points at once.
It only works on sound steel
Where the panel has rusted through, or where water has been getting into the insulation below for years, there is nothing for a coating to hold onto and we will say so.
Fasteners rust from the inside out
Screws and nails on a roof within reach of the lake air corrode faster than the same hardware would inland. A plain steel nail head disappears under a shingle and takes years off the roof’s hold without a single visible symptom. Hot-dipped galvanized or stainless where the metal is exposed is a small line item that decides whether the roof reaches its rated life.
Mixed metals make it worse
Aluminum flashing pinned with the wrong screw sets up a reaction that eats the softer metal at every contact point.
We look at the old nails
What came out of the last roof tells you what to put in the new one.
What we check
- Field condition and granule loss
- Valleys, ridges and every transition
- Penetrations and their flashing
- Gutter and fascia condition
What the job looks like
Get on the roof
We walk it rather than look from the drive, check the decking underfoot, the flashings and the ventilation, and photograph what we find before any number is discussed.
Show you what we saw
The photographs come back to you with a plain read of what the roof needs and, just as often, what it does not need yet.
Crew on site
The crews we hire work under Hancock’s direction, staged so landscaping and the drive are protected, working the detail in the order it is supposed to go on rather than the order that is quickest.
Leave it clean
Site cleared at the end of every day, a magnet run over the whole yard for nails at the finish, and the roof walked with you before we go.
Hail on the west slope
When a cell moves through here it usually comes across the valley from the west, so the stones hit the west and southwest faces hardest and at an angle. It is common to find a roof with real bruising on two slopes and a north face that is untouched.
Angle changes what you look for
A vertical drop dents flat metal. An angled hit scrapes granules off the upslope edge of a tab and leaves the tab itself looking fine from below.
Two slopes can need two answers
And an honest look says so.
Dust storms before the rain
Ahead of a summer cell the wind arrives dry and full of grit off the open ground west of here. That grit gets driven into every horizontal surface on a roof, then the rain lands on top of it and packs it into a paste in the valleys and the gutter seams.
Grit is an abrasive
It grinds at the mat under foot traffic and it holds moisture against metal long after the surface has dried.
So we clear twice a year
Once before summer, once after the leaves are down.
Where roofs go wrong
The shortcut we see most
A membrane laid over wet insulation because tearing off would have cost a day. The roof looks finished, the moisture stays underneath, and the sheet fails early from below.
What good looks like instead
Moisture surveyed, wet sections cut out and replaced, drainage corrected, then the membrane installed and its seams probed.
Signs worth a look
- Ponding water still standing two days after rain
- Seams that have lifted or opened at an edge
- Blisters or ridging across the field
- Interior staining near drains, curbs or the parapet
What to expect
Scheduling around your operation
Most commercial work can be staged so the disruptive part happens when the building is quiet. Tear-off noise, crane or hoist time and material deliveries all get planned against your hours rather than ours.
What the roof survey covers
Before specifying anything we survey the existing assembly: slope and drainage, moisture in the insulation, the condition of seams and terminations, and how the roof is being used. A roof somebody walks on weekly needs a different answer from one nobody touches.
Documentation
Commercial and public work runs on records. We photograph the existing condition, the work in progress and the finished assembly, so there is a file rather than a recollection.
Getting to Provo
Because we are on Utah County roofs most weeks, we know how the housing around Provo was put together, which is a different thing from knowing how roofs work in general.
That proximity is most of what matters when weather moves through. Provo sits in Utah County, and we are on roofs across it regularly enough to know how the housing there was built.
Questions we get asked
Not the question you had? Call the shop and ask a person. We would rather talk it through than have you guess from a website.
(801) 382-8898Do you actually work in Provo?
Yes, and often. Provo is part of our regular service area, so it is ground we know well.
How fast can you get to Provo after a storm?
We make the roof safe first, then come back and do the repair properly when conditions allow.
Do you handle the insurance side?
On hail-damaged roofs, we work with your insurance to get the roof covered. We document the damage thoroughly with photographs, so the claim reflects what is actually on the roof.
What happens if you find bad decking?
We show you. The decking is only visible during a tear-off, so that is when soft sheathing gets found and replaced. We photograph it rather than just add it to a list.
Do you work through the winter?
Yes, with judgment. Shingles need to seal, and in genuine cold that takes longer or needs hand sealing. Emergency work happens whenever it has to. Full replacements get scheduled around the weather rather than forced into it.
Where Provo sits on our map
Provo work is scheduled like the rest of the valley.