We are a commercial roofing company in Elizabethtown that repairs, replaces, and installs roofs on commercial buildings, starting every job with a roof walk and core cuts.
As a commercial roofing company in Elizabethtown, we start every project with a roof walk, core cuts, and a look at the deck from inside. On the roof, we check the membrane or panels, seams, flashing, edge metal, drains, and rooftop unit curbs.
Inside, stains on the deck, rusted fasteners, and daylight at panel laps show where water has been getting in. From there comes a scope naming the system, insulation thickness, edge details, and drainage changes, with photos of each finding shown before anything is ordered.
Call and tell us where the stain shows inside, and the roof walk starts directly above and upslope of it.
These checks sit behind every recommendation, because each one limits which roof can go on.
Here is what we do on every job, beside what we leave out.
Plain findings, backed by photos.
Shortcuts that cost owners later.
Answers on codes, offices, and the roof itself.
The 2018 Kentucky Building Code, which the Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction lists as based on the 2015 International Building Code and which local offices enforce. Roofing rules sit in Chapter 15, Roof Assemblies and Rooftop Structures, covering flashing at walls and edges, each roof covering, drainage including overflow outlets, and rooftop structures.
The city's Planning and Development Department. Because the state granted Elizabethtown expanded jurisdiction, its staff, including a commercial building inspector, review and inspect most reroofing inside city limits. Raising a unit curb can bring a state HVAC inspection, and changing drain leaders sends the plumbing side to the Hardin County Health Department.
It lowers the heat reaching air-conditioned space, and how much follows insulation levels, cooling hours, ductwork under the deck, and dirt on the membrane. The DOE Guide to Cool Roofs lays out the trade-off, including a small winter heating penalty, and the Cool Roof Rating Council directory lists tested figures for comparing membranes.
The deck, the existing layers, and the drainage, because each one limits which roof can go on. A core cut shows the layer count and whether the insulation is wet, and the roof walk covers standing water lines, curb and wall flashing heights, rooftop equipment, and how the building below is used.
Start with a roof walk, and every recommendation comes with the photos behind it.
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