Decatur Roof Pros provides professional roof coatings and sealing in Decatur, IL for residential and commercial properties across Macon County and the middle Sangamon valley. Coatings do real work in the right place and cause real harm in the wrong one. In Decatur the wrong ones outnumber the right ones badly, so this page spends most of its length on the jobs we turn down.
We do not coat steep-slope asphalt shingles. Ever, at any price, for any customer. A shingle roof sheds water by overlap and it dries out between rains from both faces. A film laid across the top defeats both of those, holds moisture against the mat and the deck, and takes a roof that had six honest years left and shortens it while looking better from the street for one season.
We also decline a coating anywhere it would bury information somebody is going to need. A low-slope roof whose layer count nobody has established, a membrane with wet insulation under it, a section that has moved and sheared at a wall. Coat any of those and you have made the next person's diagnosis harder and more expensive without fixing what was happening underneath. The information is simply gone.
Where we do use them is on sound low-slope membranes and on metal. A silicone restoration coating over a cored, dried and prepared single-ply roof is a legitimate way to buy another decade at a small fraction of a tear-off, and on an aging exposed-fastener metal roof a properly prepared coating over re-gasketed screws and seam tape is often the best money on the building. Prepared properly, both of those buy real time.
When we do quote one it is specified rather than described. Wet and dry film thickness in mils, gallons per square, the primer where the substrate needs one, adhesion patches pulled and checked before the field goes on, and the seam and fastener detailing priced as its own line rather than folded into a square rate. A coating quoted by the square with no thickness named is not a specification.
The core cut comes first on any low-slope coating, without exception. If the assembly under the surface is wet or if the count is already at two, we will tell you that a coating is the wrong purchase and give you a tear-off number instead, and you are welcome to go get another opinion on it. The plug takes twenty minutes and it settles the question for good, one way or the other.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — layer count established by lifting a tab at the rake and again at an eave, nesting a new course into the butt line of the covering below it, fasteners long enough to reach three quarters of an inch into the deck, bridging across a first layer instead of nesting into its exposure, beveled feathering strips nailed down to flatten a raised course, board sheathing overlaid with panel stock once the coverings come off — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Decatur and nearby communities including Mount Zion, Forsyth, Argenta, Maroa.
What We Handle
Everything our roof coatings and sealing in Decatur covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of roof coatings and sealing work in Decatur, IL. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- roof coating Decatur IL
- silicone roof coating
- acrylic roof coating
- metal roof coating
- flat roof restoration coating
- roof sealing
- when not to coat a roof
- roof coating over shingles
- elastomeric coating
- coating dry film thickness
- restoration coating cost
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Decatur services.
Materials, equipment and how we do roof coatings and sealing
The difference between roof coatings and sealing that lasts and roof coatings and sealing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with layer count established by lifting a tab at the rake and again at an eave, nesting a new course into the butt line of the covering below it, fasteners long enough to reach three quarters of an inch into the deck, bridging across a first layer instead of nesting into its exposure, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Decatur job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in Macon County and the middle Sangamon valley means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do roof coatings and sealing outside Decatur
Decatur Roof Pros covers Decatur and the surrounding communities of Macon County and the middle Sangamon valley. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Roof Coatings and Sealing in Mount Zion, IL — Macon County, population 6,019
- Roof Coatings and Sealing in Forsyth, IL — Macon County, population 3,734
- Roof Coatings and Sealing in Argenta, IL — Macon County, population 913
- Roof Coatings and Sealing in Maroa, IL — Macon County, population 1,577
- Roof Coatings and Sealing in Warrensburg, IL — Macon County, population 1,110
- Roof Coatings and Sealing in Blue Mound, IL — Macon County, population 1,133
Start on the Decatur Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Decatur Chooses Decatur Roof Pros
- ✓We count the coverings on your roof before we price it, at a rake and again at an eave, and the number goes on the estimate. Nobody can quote a Decatur roof honestly without it, and most bids you will collect never mention yours at all.
- ✓At two applications we stop offering choices. The residential code the city adopted forbids a third, so there is one lawful job and one price, and we show you the doubled courses we found rather than asking you to take our word for it.
- ✓At one application we will quote the nail-over, which a lot of companies in this market refuse to put on paper because it is the smaller sale and the harder thing to be proud of.
- ✓Fastener length is a written line rather than a shop habit. A shingle going over an existing covering needs a longer nail to reach wood, and short nails on a re-cover are the failure we pull off houses here more than any other.
The standards behind roof coatings and sealing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The roof coatings and sealing work we do in Decatur follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every roof coatings and sealing project in Decatur gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free roof coatings and sealing free estimate in Decatur, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.