Commercial roofing in Harrisburg, PA

Commercial roofing for Harrisburg buildings

Harrisburg carries a mix that is unusual for a market this size: state and institutional buildings, a significant warehouse and distribution corridor along the river and the interstates, older industrial stock, and commercial property across the East Shore and West Shore suburbs.

Those buildings tend to have large, flat, hard working roofs with a lot of rooftop equipment on them, and rooftop equipment is where commercial roofs usually start leaking. We inspect the whole system rather than the area above the drip, document what we find, and tell you honestly whether you are looking at a repair, a restoration or a replacement.

What we handle in Harrisburg

• Commercial roof repair
• Roof restoration
• Fabric reinforced roofing
• Roof coating systems
• Metal roof restoration
• Commercial metal roofing
• Single-ply membrane
• Roof replacement

Pennsylvania weather is what kills these roofs

The freeze and thaw cycle through a southeastern Pennsylvania winter is harder on a commercial roof than any single storm. Water gets into a seam or a flashing detail, freezes, expands the gap, then melts and goes further in. Snow load holds moisture on the surface for weeks. By spring a small unaddressed detail from November has become a genuine leak.

That is why we recommend inspections twice a year, spring and fall, plus after any major storm. Catching a flashing failure in October costs a fraction of dealing with saturated insulation in March.

Why building owners here call us

We are owner operated. Paul does the inspections himself, which is why the reviews mention him by name rather than mentioning a company. We are a Conklin Preferred Contractor, so restoration and coating systems are genuinely a specialty rather than something we mention on a services list.

And we will tell you when a roof does not need the expensive option. Most of the roofs we get called out to look at do not need replacing.