Roof Covering

[PAUL J. MAGRONE]

Has anyone inspected this type of roof covering before. This is the first time that I have come across this. It appears to be material and although the roof is fairly new, I wanted to know what to look for other than the obvious on a roof that has this type of roof covering.

[Bobby Hamilton]

Ran into something similar last week. Only mine looks like it was installed after the beer run.

Or maybe they started earlier

[Barry Adair]

Originally Posted by pmagrone

Has anyone inspected this type of roof covering before. This is the first time that I have come across this. It appears to be material and although the roof is fairly new, I wanted to know what to look for other than the obvious on a roof that has this type of roof covering.

Hard to tell without close up of the surface texture/material or seam laps but it appears to be this or similar product from what I can make out.

There are also elastomeric, PVC, poly, acrylic, rubber... coatings that can give this appearance depending on material application is applied to.

[PAUL J. MAGRONE]

Thanks. You nailed it! I never saw this applied to a home before. It looks really good on this home. Are there any major disadvantages?

[Tim Spargo]

Almost looked like that closed cell foam. Did it feel spongy at all? Hard to tell by picture, the mobile home and similar coatings have a different appearance than the foams.. I've seen the foams applied on a few residences here and there.

I have limited experience with the foams except that there are some desireable qualities with it?

Could be the mobile home coatings that Barry mentioned as well.

Here's a link if you were curious about the foams

http://www.sprayfoam.com/spps/ahpg.cfm?spgid=7


AHHH, a closer look at the picture by the satelite dish, looks like the coverings Barry mentioned.

Disadvantadge? To me they would require more maintenance than a composition or other type of roof. Just me. Maybe the newer elastomerics will go a little longer.

Tim

[Bruce M. Graham, III]

I wish the moron cable guys would not pick those stupid dishes on the roof deck.

[Barry Adair]

Originally Posted by pmagrone

Thanks. You nailed it! I never saw this applied to a home before. It looks really good on this home. Are there any major disadvantages?

Unless they've drastically improved the materials and installation techniques the one's I've seen/inspected are about a 10 year system before through system penetrations or seam leaks occur

For those wanting updated roofing systems information you can subscribe to

www.professionalroofing.net I get their monthly mag and find some of the articles useful for system identification and inspecting as well

hth

[wsiegel]

That dish installation is a leak waiting to happen, unless they installed it in a pitch pan, which I doubt.