Elgin Roof Pros provides professional roof coatings & sealing in Elgin, IL for residential and commercial properties across northern Kane and McHenry counties. We refuse this sale more often than we make it, and on district properties the city has refused it already. The guidelines say flashing at roof-to-wall junctions, chimneys, skylights, vent pipes, valleys and hips should be metal rather than caulk or bituminous coating, which weathers and lets moisture through.
That is the exact job most coating sales are pitched to do. A roof leaks at a chimney, somebody brushes black mastic over the joint, and it holds for two summers before it cracks and the water goes somewhere less obvious. We will not do that on a landmark address and we would rather not do it anywhere. Black mastic on a chimney is the single most common thing we scrape off before doing the job properly.
Coatings do have honest uses and we sell those without hesitation. A commercial single-ply membrane in the back half of its life, sound underfoot with intact seams, is an excellent candidate for a silicone restoration system. So is a metal panel roof with surface rust and tight fasteners. In both cases you are extending a roof that works, not disguising one that does not. There the coating is extending something that works.
When we do coat, the specification is written in mils of wet and dry film thickness with the number of passes stated, and the substrate gets cleaned and primed to the manufacturer's requirement first. A coating applied thin over a dirty deck is a warranty document and nothing else. We photograph the wet mil gauge readings as we go, so the thickness is documented rather than asserted. Thin coverage is a document, not a roof.
What we will not do is coat over ponding water, over wet insulation, over open seams, or over an asphalt shingle roof of any age. Shingle coatings are sold hard in this market and they trap moisture in the mat while voiding whatever manufacturer coverage remains. Manufacturers of laminated shingles are explicit that field-applied coatings void coverage. So is a coating brushed over an aging shingle field in the hope of another winter.
If your roof needs a coating to stop leaking, it needs flashing or it needs replacing. We will price whichever of those is true and let you decide, and if that means we do not get the work, that is a fair outcome. Roofs fail at joints and terminations, and a brush cannot build a joint that was never there. That is the fair version of this conversation and we will have it every time.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — sawn cedar shingles laid over a complete tear-off rather than split shakes, pressed metal shingle panels resoldered at the lap instead of stripped off, half-round hanging gutter with round leaders held to six inches or under, architectural laminate shingles in dark gray, black, brown or dark red, flat-seam metal panels soldered watertight on visible low-slope porch roofs, step flashing woven course by course in place of a saw kerf filled with trim — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Elgin and nearby communities including Carpentersville, West Dundee, East Dundee, Sleepy Hollow.
What We Handle
Everything our roof coatings & sealing in Elgin covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of roof coatings & sealing work in Elgin, IL. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- roof coating Elgin IL
- silicone roof coating
- acrylic roof coating
- flat roof restoration coating
- metal roof coating
- roof sealing service
- elastomeric roof coating
- commercial roof restoration
- roof coating cost per square
- membrane restoration coating
- roof coating warranty
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Elgin services.
Materials, equipment and how we do roof coatings & sealing
The difference between roof coatings & sealing that lasts and roof coatings & sealing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with sawn cedar shingles laid over a complete tear-off rather than split shakes, pressed metal shingle panels resoldered at the lap instead of stripped off, half-round hanging gutter with round leaders held to six inches or under, architectural laminate shingles in dark gray, black, brown or dark red, 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 Elgin 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 northern Kane and McHenry counties 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 & sealing outside Elgin
Elgin Roof Pros covers Elgin and the surrounding communities of northern Kane and McHenry counties. 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 & Sealing in Carpentersville, IL — Kane County, population 37,983
- Roof Coatings & Sealing in West Dundee, IL — Kane County, population 7,686
- Roof Coatings & Sealing in East Dundee, IL — Kane County, part in Cook County, population 3,152
- Roof Coatings & Sealing in Sleepy Hollow, IL — Kane County, population 3,214
- Roof Coatings & Sealing in Gilberts, IL — Kane County, population 8,366
- Roof Coatings & Sealing in Hampshire, IL — Kane County, population 7,667
Start on the Elgin Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Elgin Chooses Elgin Roof Pros
- ✓We count layers at the eave before pricing, because two or more means a full tear-off under the code Elgin enforces and no re-cover is available to you.
- ✓Certificate applications are drawn from the same scope we quote from, so the material and color on the approval match the material and color on your contract.
- ✓We do not order shingles before an approval is in hand, since any change to approved work has to be re-approved before materials are bought.
- ✓Our flashing is metal at every wall, valley, chimney and penetration, because the guideline manual specifically rejects caulk and bituminous coating as a substitute.
The standards behind roof coatings & sealing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The roof coatings & sealing work we do in Elgin 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 & sealing project in Elgin 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 & sealing free estimate in Elgin, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.