Commercial roofing in Knoxville, starting with an honest look at your roof

Commercial roofing is a relationship business. Owners and managers rarely hire from a web search alone; they want to know who did the building next door and whether that company answered the phone the second time. That is how most of our commercial work in Knoxville has grown. When we fix a leak on one building or put a new roof on another, the calls that follow often come from people who saw the work.

Mike Mobley runs the Knoxville office, and his commercial foreman handles commercial jobs from the first walk through the finished job. Mike goes out with him on some of them. You deal with the people who will be responsible for the roof, not a sales rep who hands you off.

We install, repair, replace, and maintain commercial roofs. What goes on a building starts with how it was designed, what is on it now, and how the owner plans to use it.

A commercial roof usually gives warning before it fails. Leaks start showing up around rooftop air conditioning units and other penetrations, then they come more often. By the time a tenant is putting buckets out, there is typically a pattern.

When our commercial foreman walks a roof, he is deciding among three honest answers. It can be repaired and will be fine. It can be kept going for a while with targeted repairs while you plan and budget. Or it needs a new roof, in which case we quote the system that fits the building without overbuilding it. You get photos of what he found and a written proposal, so you can take it to your partners, your board, or your landlord.

Most commercial roofs do not fail all at once; they get worn down by small problems nobody looked at. Debris collects near drains and against curbs, flashing works loose, and a small leak around a unit runs for months above a drop ceiling.

We have customers who call us for repairs year after year, and that history lets us tell them when repairs have stopped making sense. One commercial client had us handle repairs for three or four years before we told the manager it was time to choose between a new roof and a coating. That kind of plain answer is the point of a maintenance relationship.

A simple habit helps any building: after storms and again each fall, have someone confirm that drains are clear and that leaves and debris are not piled against curbs or rooftop units. Debris holds water against the membrane and the flashing, and that is where small leaks start. When you would rather not send your own people up, call us and we will look at it, photograph anything that needs attention, and tell you what can wait. If you own the building but lease it out, we can work with you or your property manager directly.

Recent jobs from the Knoxville office include a flat roof leak repair in Knoxville, a commercial roof repair in Harriman, a flat roof repair in Louisville, an estimate for a flat roof leak repair in Alcoa, and a commercial TPO roof replacement in Loudon. The commercial side of that work runs alongside our residential crews.