TPO Roofing
Single-ply membrane roofing for commercial and multifamily properties — energy efficient and built for low-slope roofs.
Learn about TPO Roofing →Commercial and multifamily roofing is a different discipline from residential work. Most commercial roofs are low slope, which means water leaves by design rather than by gravity — drainage, seams and terminations do the work that pitch does on a house. A detail that would be cosmetic on a shingle roof is a leak on a membrane.
The other difference is the building. There are tenants, inventory, patients or residents under that roof, and the job has to be planned around them. That planning is usually what separates a commercial roofing contractor from a residential one that occasionally takes a commercial job.
Repair, Restore, or Replace
Most commercial roof decisions come down to these three, and the honest answer is frequently the cheapest one. Getting this call right is worth more to a building owner than any individual system choice.
- RepairThe membrane has life left and the problem is localized — a failed seam, a stripped-out penetration, storm damage in one area. If the field of the roof is sound, replacing it is spending capital to solve a maintenance problem.
- Restore / recoatThe roof is aging but watertight and structurally sound. A coating or restoration system can add years at a fraction of replacement cost and is often expensed differently than a capital replacement — worth asking your accountant about before you decide.
- ReplaceThe assembly is saturated, the insulation is wet, or you are patching the same roof repeatedly. Wet insulation is the deciding factor more often than the membrane itself — once it is holding water, nothing applied on top of it will last.
Systems We Install
Modified Bitumen Roofing
Multi-ply asphalt membrane systems for flat and low-slope roofs where durability and foot traffic resistance matter.
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R-Panel Metal Roofing
Exposed-fastener metal panel systems for commercial, light industrial, and agricultural buildings.
Learn about R-Panel Metal →Properties We Work On
Warehouse & Light Industrial
Wide low-slope spans, often original R-panel or built-up roofing. The failure mode that matters here isn't cosmetic — it's water reaching racked inventory or equipment. We prioritize getting the building dry and then plan the permanent repair around your operations.
Retail & Strip Centers
One roof, several leases, and a leak that becomes three tenants' complaint at once. We document by suite so ownership and management can see which tenant is affected by what, and we schedule around business hours rather than through them.
Apartments & Multifamily
Occupied buildings need phasing, resident notice, and protection for parking and walkways. Many Houston complexes are steep-slope composition rather than membrane, which means a multifamily re-roof often looks more like a large residential job run at scale.
Office & Medical
Buildings that can't take unplanned downtime and owners who need the paperwork to match the work. Interior protection, dust and odor control, and after-hours scheduling matter as much as the roof assembly itself.
Churches & Institutional
Often a mix of assemblies on one property — a low-slope addition tied into an older steep-slope sanctuary — with a volunteer board making the decision on a fixed budget and a long planning horizon.
What Houston Does to a Low-Slope Roof
The Gulf Coast is harder on membrane roofing than most of the country, and not primarily because of storms. Four things do the damage here:
- Heat and UV. Surface temperatures on a dark low-slope roof run far above ambient through a Houston summer. That is why reflective membranes like TPO are specified so often here — the cooling load reduction is a real line item, not a brochure claim.
- Ponding water. Flat is never truly flat. Deflected decks, undersized drains and clogged scuppers leave standing water that accelerates seam failure. Most of the commercial leaks we are called for start at a low spot someone stopped checking.
- Wind uplift. Coastal wind design requirements mean attachment and perimeter detailing matter more here than inland. Edge metal is where low-slope roofs usually start coming apart in a windstorm.
- Hail. Hail damage reads very differently on a membrane than on shingles. It often does not leak immediately, which is exactly why it gets missed until the claim window has closed.
What a Free Assessment Gets You
We assess commercial and multifamily roofs at no cost, and the deliverable is built to be forwarded — to an owner, an asset manager, a board, or an insurer — rather than just discussed on site.
- Photo documentation of conditions, tied to locations on the roof
- An identified assembly — what is actually up there and roughly how much life is left
- A repair / restore / replace recommendation with the reasoning stated
- Budget-range numbers you can take into a capital planning cycle
- If there is storm damage, documentation in a form an adjuster can work from
If the roof does not need work yet, that is what the report will say. Telling a property manager their roof has three good years left is how you get the call when it does not.
Warranties Worth Understanding
Commercial roof warranties are not interchangeable, and the difference is usually invisible until you file a claim. A material-only warranty covers the membrane and nothing else — if the failure is at a seam someone welded, it does not apply. A workmanship warranty covers installation and is only ever as good as the contractor still being in business. A manufacturer system or NDL (no dollar limit) warranty covers the assembly as a whole, is issued by the manufacturer rather than the installer, and requires the roof to be installed by an approved contractor to their specification and inspected on completion.
Ask which one you are being quoted before you compare two commercial bids on price. It is the single most common reason two proposals that look similar are not.
Need an assessment on your building?
Free roof assessments with photo documentation for commercial and multifamily properties across the Greater Houston area, including budget planning for ownership and management groups.
CALL US: (832) 271-7783