Flat roof repair in Coeur d'Alene covers low-slope sections on additions, porches, garages and some mid-century homes. Flat roofs are never truly flat. They need a slight pitch to drains or scuppers, and when that pitch is off, water sits and freezes.
Snow makes flat roofs harder here. A low-slope roof holds its snow load all winter, and when it melts the water has nowhere to go if a drain or scupper is iced up. Ponding water freezes at night and thaws in the day, which opens seams and splits flashing.
We work on the three common membranes. EPDM rubber tends to open at seams and around penetrations. TPO is heat-welded and leaks when welds were rushed or the membrane gets brittle with age. Modified bitumen, the rolled torch-down or peel-and-stick product on many older buildings, blisters and cracks.
Our repair starts with finding the leak by a close walk and, when needed, a moisture test. We cut out wet insulation, patch or re-weld with compatible material, and fix the reason water was sitting there in the first place. That can mean a new cricket behind a chimney, a larger scupper or tapered insulation.
If a membrane has lots of patches, soft spots and wet insulation under it, we will quote a full re-cover or roof replacement. Call (208) 823-1696.
