Why low-slope roofs leak
A flat or low-slope roof does not shed water the way a pitched one does. Rain has to find its way to a drain, and where it cannot, it sits. Ponding water leans on every seam and fastener beneath it for days at a time, and a roof that holds up in dry weather can start to weep after the first long rain.
The trouble spots are rarely in the open field of the roof. They are where one surface meets another: the flashing along a parapet wall, the base of a curb around a rooftop unit, the collar at a drain, the seam where two sheets of membrane join. Each of those is a place where a material shrinks, lifts or splits as the building heats and cools. A clogged drain makes every one of them work harder.
Inside the building the leak often turns up far from where it began, because water travels along the deck before it drops. That is the reason a commercial roof needs somebody to climb up and look, not just a bucket under the stain.
From inspection to tear-off to a roof that is built to last
Reliant's commercial work covers roof inspections, roof tear-offs, roof repairs, roof installations and flat roof leak repairs. It starts with the inspection, because the honest answer to a leaking roof is sometimes a targeted repair and sometimes a tear-off, and the only way to know which is to see the whole surface and what is under it.
When a section has to come off, the old material is torn away down to the deck, the deck is looked over, and the new roof goes on from there. The aim, in the business's own words, is a roof that can stand up to our rough Texas weather to protect your employees and inventory.
If your building has a leak you have been patching around, or you are planning ahead for the next few years, call (903) 784-1111 and set up a free estimate. You will get an explanation of what Reliant found on the roof in Paris, TX, and what the options are, before anything is started.
Keeping the doors open while the crew works overhead
A business cannot always shut down for a roof. Staff still need to get to their desks, and shelves of stock sit right under the work. Those realities belong in the conversation at the estimate, so bring them up: how the crew will work around your hours, which areas below need protecting, and where trucks and materials can sit without blocking customers.
Reliant is locally owned and fully insured, and a supervisor is on site for every job. That means one person on the roof whose job is to see that the work is done to your satisfaction and to answer your questions as they come up, instead of leaving you to chase the crew.
Scheduling around how your business runs is something to ask about up front, since every building and every operation is different. The office takes calls Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and all of Reliant's work is warrantied and guaranteed.
