Long Island Commercial Roofing & Repairs

Long Island’s Most Reliable Roof Consultants!

COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL ROOFING and WATER-PROOFING EXPERTS

In addition to providing Same Day Emergency service calls, all commercial and industrial roof consulting and surveys are personally conducted by our President and Founder, John O’Connell. With his extensive roofing experience spanning 30+ years, John performs comprehensive evaluations, including initial membrane assessments, roof installation workmanship reviews, and roof traffic analyses. He also inspects all mechanical (HVAC) units and wall systems/roof drainage designs.

This thorough evaluation may necessitate additional core samples or nighttime thermal imaging to further investigate any questionable decking or potential moisture issues that can affect commercial and industrial roofing.

UNDERSTANDING COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL REQUIREMENTS

Modern roofs require specialized products to handle traffic, debris, wind forces, and structural considerations. Our expertise in these materials, combined with our understanding of customer needs and current building codes, positions us as one of Long Island’s premier roof consultants.

Driven by our leader’s commitment to effectively stopping leaks, we have evolved into a top-tier full-service waterproofing company. Our Field Supervisors, Technicians, and Foremen are trained in HVAC, Plumbing, Roofing, and Siding Systems. With a background in Architecture, Engineering, and Weather Patterns, our leader equips our team to address and repair any leak efficiently.

Our expertise encompasses the presence of vapor barriers, insulation levels, decking types, structural strength, masonry wall integrity, and moisture content in relation to vapor barriers and R-values. With decades of experience analyzing roof failures and monitoring weather patterns, we excel at identifying and preventing leaks through proactive maintenance.

When roof replacement is necessary, we leverage this knowledge to redesign systems with optimal R-values, expansion joints, counter flashing, wall systems, fasteners, and drainage solutions, ensuring a reliable and redundant system. Our blend of experience and technology allows us to thoroughly analyze all factors affecting roof performance before any investment is made.

UNDERSTANDING COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL LEAK DIAGNOSTICS

Effective diagnostics involve a thorough investigation of on-site facts, weather history, and customer-provided details about leak frequency, precipitation type, wind direction and speed, and precipitation size. Understanding potential sources during dry periods is crucial for accurate leak diagnosis.

Proper diagnostics can distinguish between roof leaks and internal air conditioning issues, such as clogged pans, leaking door panels, or clogged filters. This comprehensive approach ensures the most efficient and cost-effective solutions, preventing unnecessary expenses.

Determining whether a roof requires repair, maintenance, or replacement demands extensive experience in all three areas. Our team excels in diagnostics and provides expert guidance to help customers effectively address their roofing needs.

When leaks take time to appear and persist, they often originate from distant sources, potentially traveling between roof layers over 100 feet. Accurately tracking these leaks requires a thorough understanding of the number of layers, roof pitch, and steel decking direction, combined with keen observational skills.

When visual inspections are inconclusive, we employ nighttime thermal imaging to detect hidden moisture. Leaks that occur only under certain wind conditions are often found in A/C ducts, walls, and roof edges. Leaks that appear only on hot summer days may be related to the integrity and maintenance of rooftop air conditioners, ducts, and fans.

An imbalance between exhaust and intake vents, along with improper maintenance, can cause rain to be drawn into the building. These leaks are challenging to fix due to their sporadic nature and the lack of knowledge about air handlers, leading many roofers to make unnecessary and costly repairs.

Leak Stoppers defends its customers from these costly mistakes by leveraging a vast base of education, experience, and advanced leak detection techniques which result in guaranteed complete protection against leaks.

UNDERSTANDING COMMERCIAL ROOF ENGINEERING

Roof engineering involves designing a building’s roof according to current building codes to ensure insulation, efficiency, water drainage, and protection against natural forces, considering the surrounding topography and building height. While many associate roof engineering with leak analysis, engineers are not typically trained in leak detection.

Their education covers fundamental concepts of physics, gravity, and wind, but interpreting these effects in relation to modern building materials requires experience, analytical thinking, investigative skills, and occasionally, a bit of imagination.

Scientific and engineering knowledge are essential for comprehensively understanding all potential leak scenarios. However, practical experience is crucial to integrating scientific principles, evidence, and on-site information into a thorough analysis.

Our founder, John O’Connell, bases his leak theories on natural science. Over the past 20 years, he has tested, refined, and proven these theories while building Leak Stoppers. With over 30 years of real-world experience addressing leaks in Long Island structures, he can now provide explanations and solutions for any leak situation, combining natural science with extensive practical experience.

POWERFUL THERMAL IMAGING, MOISTURE METERS, and DRONE TECHNOLOGY

Leak Stoppers leverages its proprietary data alongside Artificial Intelligence, utilizing high-definition photography from self-driving aerial drones. These drones, whether piloted for close inspections or following pre-set flight paths, can detect roof damage and capture precise measurements, ensuring fair and accurate pricing.

Automated nighttime flights combined with thermal imaging can be layered over daytime flights to reveal wet insulation, potential water entry points, and flaws in a building’s envelope related to energy efficiency. Monitoring moisture levels also aids in diagnosing infrequent and puzzling leaks, helping to resolve long-term issues where others have failed.

Our approach combines these precise measurements, safe inspections, and multiple layers of analysis through advanced science and software. Coupled with our extensive knowledge of recent weather patterns and fundamental scientific principles, this makes us one of Long Island’s leading roof consultants.

Our technicians are trained and certified to install complete roof systems with warranties ranging from 15 years to over 30 years using TPO, EPDM, Modified Bitumen, and Silicone roof coating.

UNDERSTANDING ROOF COATINGS

Roof coatings have become increasingly popular, especially for low slope (flat) roofs that already have two or more layers. Building codes permit up to two layers of roofing, necessitating a complete strip to the deck and a fresh start for additional layers. These projects can cost between $9 and $20 per square foot, depending on size, height, layout, and specifications.

In some cases, where the roof is not severely damaged, maintaining the existing membrane and applying coatings can extend the roof’s life, avoiding the need for a disruptive and costly replacement. This maintenance can cost between $5 and $8 per square foot and may come with manufacturer warranties of up to 20 years on labor and coating.

Leak Stoppers technicians are trained and certified to install complete roof systems with warranties ranging from 15 years to over 30 years using TPO, EPDM, Modified Bitumen, and Silicone roof coating.

LEAK STOPPERS NON-ROOFING RELATED COMMERCIAL SERVICES

Proper maintenance of HVAC units, solar arrays, skylights, and rooftop atriums is essential, including flashing, weather-stripping, cleaning, and re-glazing. Door access panels, seams in HVAC ducts, and pitch pockets contribute to 50% of our commercial roof leak repairs, originating from these non-roofing items. Roof perimeter coping and roof drains account for 40% of our service calls, with only 10% of leaks resulting from failed roofing.

Small seals and joints require regular maintenance, as tar and roofing alone cannot prevent all leaks. We utilize Lifetime GE Silicone products, rubber weather-stripping, GacoPatch silicone-based flashing cement, epoxy, pourable sealers, single-ply, modified bitumen, metal and asphalt roofing systems, custom aluminum copings, masonry pointing, Drivit, wall flashings, Drylock, and external HVAC contractors to address these issues effectively and with the utmost precision.

Negative air refers to the condition created when attic fans, restaurant fans, HVAC units, and escaping hot air cause a vacuum within a building or home. This vacuum can result in fast-moving drafts. When these drafts combine with tiny raindrops (fog, mist), they can cause intermittent leaks that are often difficult to detect. Rainwater is effectively “sucked” into non-powered vents, air handlers, chimney stacks, and other openings.

Our expertise and comprehensive leak inspections/diagnostics can identify negative air issues as well as other visible roof problems.

Whether you manage a major international airport, a local church, or a storefront in a strip mall, Leak Stoppers is equipped to handle all your waterproofing, roofing, and leak repair needs.

SERVICES:

Industrial & Commercial Roofing Repairs Serving All of Long Island

Leak Stoppers guarantees all work.

Leak Stoppers is fully licensed, insured, and provides same day services in most cases.

Suffolk County – License H-27944

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Nassau County – License H0426980000

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Call Leak Stoppers today to handle any and all of your roofing needs.

Suffolk Office – 631-669-1570

Nassau Office – 516-483-2272

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