Curbs
Uphill Side Of Curbs
Water stacks up against the high side of each unit curb, and the joint where curb flashing meets the panel ribs opens with time.
Madison County · City Permits
Berea Metal Roof Coating
We do metal roof coating in Berea for shops, offices and storefronts, planning around the rooftop units, equipment curbs and conduit runs on their panels.
Local Focus
Rooftop Equipment On Berea Metal Roofs
Many shop roofs carry conduit across the panels on blocks or straps, with disconnects near the unit curbs. Before cleaning, those runs are raised off the roof so primer and coating reach the steel below, and afterward they go back down on new supports.
Berea Municipal Utilities provides electric service in its area. When roof work touches a service mast or meter feed, the electrical permit comes from the City of Berea Codes Department or the Madison County Codes Office, so book the electrician before coating day.
- Rooftop unit curbs get fabric flashing where they meet the panels
- A unit swap or moved curb can add a separate mechanical permit
- Photos of the panel type, eave trim, gutters and curbs help the permit step
Roof Conditions
Where Equipment Roofs In Berea Leak
Rooftop equipment adds joints to a metal roof. These are the ones we check first on Berea buildings.
Conduit
Straps And Blocks On Panels
Conduit straps screwed through the panels add fastener holes the original roof never had, each one a leak point under a rusted washer.
Penetrations
Pipes And Exhaust Stacks
Exhaust stacks and gas lines through the roof rely on boots and sealant that crack and pull away from the steel.
Condensate
Condensate Lines On The Panels
Air conditioner condensate often drains straight onto the roof, keeping one strip of panel wet and rusting it faster than the rest.
Benefits
Benefits of Coating Your Roof
On a Berea roof crowded with equipment, coating seals the panels and every joint around the units in one job.
Curbs Sealed With The Field
Each curb and stand gets reinforcing fabric tied into the same coating as the panels around it, so the joints and the open field age together instead of failing at different times.
Units Stay In Service
The work goes around the rooftop units, with intakes shut only while spraying happens nearby, so heating and cooling keep running through most of the job, even on a busy storefront roof.
Lower Cost Than New Panels
Keeping solid panels means the units, curbs and conduit stay where they are, instead of being disconnected, lifted off and reset for a re-roof.
Recoat At The Next Unit Swap
When a unit is replaced years later, the area around its new curb takes a fresh coat of the same product, with no need to touch the rest of the roof.
Coating Options
Commercial Roof Coating Options for Berea
Berea roofs with equipment on them take one of these systems.
Silicone Around Units
Flat spots on the high side of curbs hold water, which silicone tolerates better than water-based coatings. Walk lanes to the units get granules for grip.
Silicone Roof Coating
Acrylic On Pitched Shops
Pitched metal shops that drain well take a white acrylic finish, with fabric at every curb and lap. It cleans up with water around the equipment.
Acrylic Roof Coating
Foam Over Busy Roofs
Foam seals around stands and penetrations in one layer and adds insulation under the rooftop equipment. The thicker edge gets new trim.
Spray Foam RoofingLeak Showing Near A Rooftop Unit?
Tell us which unit sits above the drip and whether it was serviced lately. Curb joints and condensate lines are the usual suspects.
Planning A Coating
Start a free estimate for coating a Berea roof around its equipment.
Get A Free EstimateProcess
How We Coat Around Berea Rooftop Equipment
Five decisions, with the equipment planned in before any coating.
- On The Roof
Inspect Your Roof
We walk the panels and every curb, stand, conduit run and pipe, checking flashing, straps and sealant, and look at the underside for drip stains near the units.
- Around The Building
Who Else Needs To Be There?
An electrician lifts conduit and disconnects where needed, and an HVAC tech shuts down units and intakes on the spray days near them.
- Permits
Which Permits Apply?
Berea commercial permits start in the city portal, with state plan review finished first. A replaced unit or moved curb can add a mechanical permit.
- Detail
How Are The Curbs Detailed?
Each curb gets cleaned, primed and wrapped in fabric set in base coat where it meets the panels, before the field coat goes on.
- Finish
When Does Equipment Go Back?
Conduit returns to fresh supports after the coating cures, and units restart once spraying in their area of the roof is finished.
Nearby Towns
Other Towns In Our Service Area
Berea is one of nine towns where we coat commercial metal roofs. If your building sits elsewhere, call us or send us a message.
Irvine
Estill County barns where condensation rusts panels from below.
Mount Vernon
Rockcastle County roofs with old skylight panels to sort.
Stanton
Powell County shops where gutters and downspouts matter most.
McKee
Jackson County roofs with purlins checked before coating.
Waco
Unincorporated farm sheds with lean-to roofs, some now shops.
Paint Lick
Garrard County roofs needing ridge cap and eave trim work.
Ravenna
River and rail town where roof panels get washed first.
Kingston
Outside Berea's line, with service masts through roof panels.
FAQ
Berea Metal Roof Coating Questions
What Berea owners ask about permits, utilities and equipment on the roof.
Question about your own roof?
Call UsHow does a Berea business apply for a roof permit?
Through the city's online permit portal, run by Codes and Planning. Architectural and mechanical plan review is handled by the state HBC under contract with the city, and that review is finished first.
Registering as a contractor with the city fills in business details on permit forms. A replaced rooftop unit or moved curb can add a separate mechanical permit.
What should Berea owners plan with Berea Municipal Utilities?
Any roof work that touches a service mast or meter feed on the building. The utility's new construction page sends electrical permits to the City of Berea Codes Department or the Madison County Codes Office.
Conduit on the panels gets lifted for cleaning and coating, then reset on supports, so book an electrician ahead of the crew.
Can rooftop units stay running during coating?
Mostly, yes. Units keep running while the crew cleans and details other areas, and each one is shut down only while spraying happens near its intake, so mist stays out of the building.
Do old conduit straps need replacing?
Rusted straps and their screws usually come out. New supports that sit on the coating, instead of screwing through the panels, cut down on fresh holes in the roof.
Which coating works best around a lot of equipment?
Silicone or foam, in most cases. Curbs dam water on their uphill side, and silicone holds up where water sits.
Foam seals around stands and pipes in one pass and adds insulation under the units.
Do curbs have to be raised before coating?
Only when the existing curb is too short to flash properly once fabric and coating go on, or when a new unit needs a different footprint. Raising or moving a curb is mechanical work, so it can bring a separate mechanical permit.
Plan A Coating Around Your Rooftop Units
Start a free estimate for your Berea building, or call to talk through the units, curbs and conduit on the roof.