We do metal roof coating on commercial buildings in Radcliff and nearby towns, sealing leaking screws, open laps, and rusty panels on warehouses, shops, church halls, and offices.
Five systems, each matched to a roof type. Start with the roof you have, and each card shows what fits and what gets checked first.
Exposed FastenersScrew-down R-panel roofs leak where washers age and end laps open. We tighten or upsize screws, cap every head, tape the laps, prime rust, and topcoat the field.
Low Laps And GuttersSilicone holds up where water sits after rain: box gutters, valleys, and the low end laps on long runs. It also goes on during cooler, damper stretches when acrylic cures too slowly.
Pitched PanelsA pitched R-panel roof that carries every drop into clean gutters is where acrylic earns its place. It costs less than silicone, stays brighter, and accepts many coatings at the next recoat.
Ribs Filled SmoothSpray foam fills the panel ribs, buries hundreds of screw heads, and adds insulation above the deck before a protective coating goes on top. Edges, gutters, and ridge vents get rebuilt for the new height.
Nailed Shingle CoursesCoating a commercial shingle roof works only on flat, attached shingles that still hold their granules, with approval from the shingle and coating makers. Failed shingles point to replacement instead.
A coating keeps the steel you already own and seals the places water gets in. Replacement starts over with new panels. Here is how the two compare on a metal building.
| What Changes | Coat The Roof | Replace The Roof |
|---|---|---|
| Leak points | Screw heads, side laps, and end laps sealed under one continuous skin | New panels and new screws, which start aging the day they go on |
| Old panels | Stay in place and keep carrying the load | Torn off, hauled away, and replaced |
| Building use | Work happens up on the roof while the doors stay open | Open sections during tear-off can expose stock and equipment |
| Summer heat | A white topcoat reflects sunlight and lowers roof surface temperature | Depends on the finish of the new panels |
| Best fit | Surface rust, aged washers, and laps that open | Rust-through, bent purlins, and insulation wet throughout |
Most leaks on older metal buildings around Radcliff trace back to six spots. Each one gets fixed before any coating goes on.
Rubber washers dry out, crack, and let water run down the screw shank. Overdriven screws crush their washers early, and backed-out screws leave open holes in the panel.
Where one panel overlaps the next down the slope, water gets pulled uphill under the upper sheet. Loose stitch screws make that gap a little wider every winter.
Red rust starts at screw heads, laps, and the low ends of panels where water sits longest. Galvanized panels show white rust, a chalky deposit that needs its own primer.
Clear panels yellow and crack with age, and the laps around them open. Coating over them blocks daylight, so they get swapped or covered with metal first.
Closures fall out and stitch screws back off along the ridge, so wind-driven rain gets in at the top of every panel run. The cap laps also flex with each temperature swing.
Gutters hold water, leaves, and grit, so their seams rust from the inside out. Blocked outlets back water up under the eave trim and into the end laps at the bottom of the slope.
Call before the next heavy rain. A roof walk shows whether the leaks sit at fasteners, laps, or a failed panel, and that answer sets the price range.
Five stages, in order. Skipping one usually shows up later as peeling or a leak that comes back.
We walk the panels and look from inside the building, marking leaks, rust, loose panels, and wet insulation. That walk decides whether the roof gets coated, restored, partly re-paneled, or replaced.
Rusted-through panels, cracked skylight panels, and loose flashing get replaced first. Loose screws are tightened, stripped ones go up a size, and empty holes are filled before any cleaning starts.
Panels are pressure washed with a cleaner matched to the coating, then left to dry inside the laps. Bare steel and rust spots get a rust-inhibiting primer, and chalky paint gets a test patch.
Every side lap and end lap is striped with fabric or seam tape bedded in base coat. Each screw head gets its own cap, and pipe boots and curbs are flashed in the same pass.
The topcoat goes on in one or two passes, checked with a wet-mil gauge as it goes. Then the finished roof is walked again and thin spots are touched up.
Find the line that matches your roof. Most older metal buildings land in the middle columns, and the roof walk confirms where yours sits.
| What You See On The Roof | Coat | Restore | Re-Panel Sections | Replace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light surface rust and leaking screws | Usually Fits | Sometimes | Rarely | Rarely |
| Loose fasteners, worn ridge caps, tired flashing | Sometimes | Usually Fits | Rarely | Rarely |
| Scattered panels with holes or rust-through | Rarely | Sometimes | Usually Fits | Rarely |
| Bent purlins and wet insulation throughout | Rarely | Rarely | Sometimes | Usually Fits |
| Standing seam panels opening along the ribs | Usually Fits | Sometimes | Rarely | Rarely |
Restore means coating plus larger fasteners, new closures, and flashing repair. A core of good steel is what makes coating or restoring worth the money.
Not sure your building falls inside our area? Call us or send us a message. We coat commercial metal roofs in Radcliff and the eleven towns below.
Exposed-fastener warehouses and strip buildings, with permit questions starting at the City of Radcliff.
A city with its own building inspector, and gutters that often tie into storm piping.
Older painted metal that needs a careful wash, under the Meade County inspector.
River-town buildings where flood water once reached the base trim and gutter outlets.
Metal shops with curb fans and powered ridge vents wired through the roof.
Home of the KZZ64 weather transmitter that coating crews across the area listen to.
Riverfront roofs where morning fog and dew push back the start of coating work.
Farm and shop buildings with service drops landing right at the eave.
Storage buildings where rusted end laps get re-paneled before the field is coated.
Breckinridge County buildings where freeze-thaw winters loosen screws along the eaves.
Shop and storage roofs in the county seat, checked for hail dents and split coating.
Wooded lots near Rough River Lake, where leaves and moss collect at shaded laps.
Short answers to what Radcliff owners ask first. More answers are in our metal roof coating FAQ.
It lays one flexible membrane over the panels, screws, and laps, so water meets a single skin instead of thousands of holes and joints.
Most systems start with a rust primer, add fabric at the seams, and finish with one or two topcoats. The steel still carries the load, so a bent purlin or a rusted-through panel gets fixed first.
Inspection comes first, then cleaning, repairs, primer, seam work, and the topcoat, in that order.
Each stage depends on the one before it. Primer will not hold on a dirty panel, and a topcoat over an open lap cracks when the steel moves, so each stage is finished across a section before the next one starts.
Bring the roof size if you know it, what the building is used for, and dated photos of any ceiling stains.
Note the roof type, the number of skylight panels and rooftop units, and how to reach the underside of the deck. Seeing the purlins and insulation from inside speeds up the coat-or-replace answer.
Usually yes, once the leaks are traced and fixed. Coating goes on after the repairs, never as the repair itself.
Leaks at screws and laps get sealed during prep. A leak from a rusted-through panel means that panel is swapped first. Interior stains that keep spreading after rain often point to wet insulation, which gets checked from inside.
We coat commercial roofs in Radcliff, Vine Grove, Muldraugh, West Point, Rineyville, Ekron, Brandenburg, Guston, Payneville, Irvington, Hardinsburg, and McDaniels.
Those towns sit in Hardin, Meade, and Breckinridge counties, and each county has its own building inspector. If your property is outside the list, call and ask before ruling it out.
That depends on the coating thickness, the system chosen, and how well the prep held up, so no single number fits every roof.
Most coatings can be cleaned and recoated later without tearing off the first layer, as long as the new coat matches. Silicone takes silicone, while acrylic accepts several coatings. A walk after each winter catches small cracks early.
Tell us the roof size and where it leaks. We will set up a roof walk and give you a plain coat, restore, or replace answer.
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