Below is a typical situation when a building owner realizes that it’s time to take care of the thing he really hates to have to spend money on…new golf clubs! Just kidding, it’s his roof.

He usually starts out having his facility manager, if he has one, research local contractors and products, only to find there are too many and it seems they all have their own remedy – which none of them agree on.

The next part of the process begins with gathering quotes that range from roof repair to complete restoration to total replacement. What ever happened to simple roof maintenance?!

Knowing he only has a few leaks, he can’t understand why no one comes up with a solution of simple roof maintenance and making the repairs, so he can get those new golf clubs which he really needs. 😉

Yes, some roofs do need complete replacement and restoration, but it helps to find out first hand from a real expert, just what is really necessary, or is the high cost of college tuition for my contractor’s children making my roof look like a gaping money pit?

Finding a manufacturer like Topps Products, with a completely integrated line of roof restoration, maintenance and repair products is what you need. You need to know that their applicators are trained to accurately diagnose roofing problems and propose solutions that work to meet your needs, from simple repairs to complete restoration is a great place to start.

At Topps Products, we stand behind our product. So when you’re ready to get to the heart of the problem with your roof and need a professional’s opinion, don’t waste your time and money. Come to Topps Products first.

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To answer your question specifically, trapped moisture within a roof can be an issue at certain times on certain roofs. Here’s the scenario and how it plays out. When a flat roof system, whether it’s a BUR, TPO, PVC or EPDM, starts leaking it gets into the insulation where damage occurs and rot begins. Left alone and trapped, it gets worse.

We recommend an infrared scan on these types of roofs to check for trapped moisture within the roofing system, which provides tremendous insights that can save you money in the long run. A moisture scan will determine where the trapped moisture is in these types of roofs, if in fact it does exist. Remedial action required is to cut out the wet areas and re-ply the affected area prior to coating the roof. Roof vents typically don’t vent a large enough area to be effective in these scenarios and they don’t correct the “cancer” below.

Can you coat a roof with trapped moisture? Sure you can. But it will most certainly require maintenance moving forward and usually sooner as opposed to later. Once the underlying substrate is wet, the moisture that is trapped in the insulation will vaporize. Vapor always rises, and it will try to escape from the bottom up. As it tries to get out of the roof, it finds any crack and crevice it can to try and get out, but after a roof is coated, those cracks and crevices go away. If it can’t get out, it cooks. This results in the coating being damaged and the roofing and substrate continuing to be damaged, all of which would have provided better results if addressed properly in the first place.