Re-roofs and repairs for Tri-Cities buildings
Re-roofing and repair on existing commercial buildings across Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, from a Bristol family that's been at it since 1973.
Commercial roofing in Bristol is a real part of our work. Houses are our bread and butter, but we do a lot of commercial too: re-roofs and repairs on buildings that are already standing. If your building is up and the roof is the problem, that's our kind of job.
We're a commercial roofing contractor that works for the building owner directly. We don't do new commercial construction, and we don't sub for other contractors. You deal with the same family from the first look to the last fastener, and we're licensed and insured in Tennessee and Virginia, which counts for something in a town split down the middle by a state line.
For a feel for the work, look through our project photos, or see every roofing service we offer.
How we re-roof a building
Every job starts the same way, whether it's a small shop or a building that takes up half the block.
We get up on the roof and look at the membrane or panels, the seams, the flashing, the drains, and the deck wherever we can see it.
You hear what we found and what we'd do about it. If a repair buys you real years, we say so.
On a full commercial roof replacement the old roof comes off, and bad decking gets fixed before anything new goes down.
The new roof goes on, with flashing at the walls, edges, curbs and everything else that comes up through it.
We walk the finished roof with you or your building manager before we call it done.
All of our commercial roof installation work happens on existing buildings. Metal is a big share of it. We do a lot of metal roofing, commercial or residential, including steep and custom work with flashing bent to fit on site.
What goes wrong
Here's what usually gets a building owner to pick up the phone.
Flat and low-slope roofs don't shed water like a pitched roof. Water sits, finds a seam, and works its way in. Flat roof repair usually starts at the drains and the low spots, because that's where the water has been sitting longest.
Every vent, pipe and HVAC curb is a hole in the roof with flashing around it. When that flashing dries out or pulls loose, water follows the unit right down into the ceiling grid. We trace it back to where it's actually getting in.
Summer storms come off Holston Mountain fast, and the wind goes after roof edges and loose flashing first. A peeled-back edge lets the next storm get under the whole roof, so storm repairs are worth doing quickly.
Most flat commercial roofs around here are EPDM roofing, the black rubber, or TPO roofing, the white one. Both shrink, crack and let go at the seams as they age. Tell us what's on your building when you call and we'll tell you straight what it needs.
No middleman
When you hire us, you get the family. Bobby and his son run the work, and Bobby's dad still comes out to look at jobs. There's no general contractor between you and the people on your roof. If something isn't right later, you call the same folks who put it on.
That's how a commercial roofing contractor lasts five decades in a town this size. Anyone weighing bids for commercial roofing in Bristol should ask who will actually be on the roof, so ask us to come take a look.
While we work
Commercial roofing in Bristol happens over the top of a working business, and we plan for that. Before we start, we'll go over the schedule with you: where the trailer sits, which doors staff and customers should use, and when the loud part happens. How long it takes depends on the size of the roof and what's under the old one, and you'll have a timeline before we begin.
A few things that help on your end:
Got a house that needs a roof too? We do plenty of residential roofing as well.
Pricing
We don't publish prices for commercial roofing in Bristol, because no two buildings price the same. Every number we give you comes after a commercial roof inspection, and we'll go through it with you line by line.
Small problems caught early are the cheapest commercial roof maintenance there is. If you've got a slow leak or a soft spot, call before it gets bigger.
Where we work
Commercial roofing in Bristol is where we start, but the work runs well past the city line: Kingsport, Johnson City, Elizabethton, Blountville, Bluff City and Piney Flats, and out past Abingdon into Southwest Virginia. Older flat-roofed buildings along 11W, metal shops and warehouses out in the county, storefronts up and down Euclid Avenue on the Virginia side.
If you searched commercial roofing near me or commercial roofer near me from somewhere between those towns, we most likely cover you. Have a look at finished roofs from around the region.
FAQ
If the trouble is in a few spots and the rest of the roof is sound, commercial roof repair is usually the smart money. If seams are opening all over, the membrane is cracking across the whole roof, or you're chasing leaks every season, replacing it costs less over time. We'll show you what we see and let you make the call.
Metal roofs and single-ply rubber roofs on buildings that are already standing, plus repairs on most of the low-slope roofs we run into around the Tri-Cities. If your home needs work too, see how we handle house roofs.
Get inventory and equipment out from under the drip, put down buckets or plastic, and keep everyone off the roof. Then call (423) 340-0649. If you need emergency commercial roof repair, say so up front and we'll tell you how soon we can get there.
Yes. Bristol, Virginia is home ground for us, same as the Tennessee side, and we go out past Abingdon into the smaller towns of Southwest Virginia. You can read how the company got started back in 1973.
A well-installed metal roof can go 40 years or more. Single-ply membranes like EPDM and TPO generally run 20 to 30 years, less when water ponds on them. Clearing the drains and fixing small problems early adds years to either one.
Call White's Roofing Co for an honest read on your building's roof. (423) 340-0649
