Faded, chalking or rusting metal roofing does not automatically mean a new roof. In most cases it means prep and a coating system.
Usually, yes. If the panels are structurally sound and the fasteners are holding, surface rust and failed factory finish are a coating problem, not a replacement problem. The rust gets removed, the bare metal gets primed, and a coating goes over the top.
The roof that cannot be saved is the one that has perforated. Once you can see daylight through a panel, or the seams have opened up, paint is not the answer and we will tell you that instead of taking the job.
What we do is clean it, kill the rust, prime the bare metal, and lay down a coating built for roofing. What you get back is a roof that sheds water, stops corroding, and stops looking twenty years old.
Water gets into scratches and fastener holes, freezes, and lifts the coating from underneath. Ottawa runs through that cycle dozens of times a season.
Ice sitting at the eave holds meltwater against the panel far longer than rain ever does. That is where rust usually starts.
Long summer sun breaks down the factory finish until it chalks off on your hand. Chalking is the roof telling you the coating is spent.
Panel condition, fastener condition, seams, flashing and the state of the existing finish. This decides whether the roof is a coating candidate at all.
Chalk, dirt, moss and loose material come off. Coating over chalk is the single most common reason a roof repaint fails early.
Mechanical removal back to sound metal, wire wheel or abrasive depending on how far it has gone. Rust left under a coating keeps growing.
Direct-to-metal primer on every spot that has been taken back. Bare steel does not stay bare for long in this climate.
A roofing-grade coating applied in the manufacturer spread rate, in your colour. Spray for coverage, back rolled or brushed where detail work calls for it.
Edges, vents and flashing finished to match, ground cleared, and we walk the property with you before we load out.
Call or text (613) 715-0103 with a few pictures from the ground and one from up close if you can get one safely.
