Commercial roofing · Tri-Cities, WA
Commercial flat roofing built for the building under it
TPO, EPDM, PVC and built-up systems, chosen for your building after someone has actually walked the roof.
Chapter 01
Where flat roofs fail first
A flat roof is never truly flat. It is built with a slight fall toward the drains and scuppers, and when that fall is lost to settling, a blocked drain or a patch that raised one corner, water stops leaving and starts waiting. Standing water is the start of most commercial leak calls. It works on the seams, loads the deck and leaves a ring of grime that shows you exactly where the low spot is.
The other early failures are quieter: a membrane seam that has opened at a corner, flashing that has pulled away from a parapet or an HVAC curb, a pipe boot cracked by the summer sun. Those details take a beating in the Tri-Cities. Roof surfaces run hot through July and August, cool hard overnight, and take the wind all year. A membrane that expands and contracts every day will always find the weakest detail on the roof.
Two A&A roofers laying membrane on a commercial roof above a Tri-Cities street
Choosing the system for the building
A&A installs the main commercial flat-roof systems: TPO, EPDM and PVC single-ply membranes, built-up roofing and modified bitumen. None of them is the right answer everywhere. A white reflective membrane makes sense over a warehouse that fights the summer heat. A kitchen exhaust that vents grease onto the roof changes the conversation. Heavy foot traffic from service techs changes it again. So the system gets chosen after the roof has been walked, not before.
Jose Garcia, A&A's commercial estimator, was born and raised in the Tri-Cities, and he does that walk with the owner or property manager. You see the low spots, the failed details and the drains together, and the estimate that follows is written around what is actually up there. To get that walk on the calendar, call 509-440-2428 and tell us it is a commercial roof.
Chapter 03
Keeping it dry after we leave
A flat roof earns its keep through maintenance. Drains need clearing before the first leaves fall and again after spring wind has pushed debris across the roof. Seams and penetrations deserve a look after hail or a hard freeze. A roof that gets a short inspection once a year and after severe weather costs far less to keep sound than one that is only looked at when a ceiling tile stains.
We plan the work around the building's day, too. Roofing over an occupied office, clinic or shop means sequencing the loud and dirty work, protecting the entrances and keeping staff and customers clear of the edges. Tell us how the building runs and we will lay the job out to fit it. A&A backs its work with a warranty, and a check-in after the job is part of how we finish.
A&A Roofing Services. Licensed and insured, WA L&I ROOFIRS798DE. Call 509-440-2428.