Summit & Slate Roofing installs and repairs flat & tpo roofing across Glen Ellyn, from Lake Ellyn Park to the Illinois Prairie Path. Glen Ellyn is one of the older villages in the western suburbs, and the roofs show it. Walk the streets around Lake Ellyn or Old Town and you see steep gables, deep eaves, dormers, and complex valleys on homes built between the 1920s and 1950s. Those rooflines look great and shed snow well, but they collect ice at the eaves and they take real skill to reroof correctly. We work on these houses every week, so we know where the leaks start before you do.
Glen Ellyn sits on some of DuPage County's higher, hill-and-ravine ground, so wind catches the steep gables on its older homes harder than on flatter streets nearby. Winters bring repeated freeze-thaw swings and heavy ice damming along the deep eaves common on 1920s-1950s houses. Summer storms tracking off the prairie deliver pea-to-quarter-size hail and 60-plus mph gusts. The dense, mature tree canopy keeps north slopes damp, which shortens shingle life and feeds moss in shaded valleys.
What our Glen Ellyn flat & tpo roofing includes
Every Flat & TPO Roofing job in Glen Ellyn includes:
60-mil TPO membrane installation
We install 60-mil TPO as our standard, not the thinner 45-mil builders use to cut cost. The extra thickness handles foot traffic, hail, and ladder contact far better, and it carries a longer manufacturer material warranty on top of our 25-year workmanship coverage.
Hot-air welded seams
Every TPO seam is welded with a robotic or hand hot-air welder so the sheets fuse into one continuous surface. Welded seams are the single biggest difference between a flat roof that lasts and one that leaks. We never rely on seam tape or adhesive at the laps.
Tear-off of failed EPDM and built-up tar
We remove old rubber, tar-and-gravel, and mod-bit roofs down to the deck, replace any rotted sheathing, and check the slope before the new membrane goes on. Layering TPO over a failing roof traps moisture and voids warranties, so we tear off.
Tapered insulation and proper drainage
Standing water is the enemy of any flat roof. On dead-flat decks we add tapered polyiso insulation to build positive slope toward drains or scuppers, raising the R-value at the same time. This stops the ponding that shortens membrane life on Wheaton low-slope additions.
Flashing, curbs, and penetration detailing
Skylights, HVAC curbs, vent pipes, and wall transitions are where flat roofs leak first. We flash every penetration with TPO-coated metal and pre-molded boots, then weld them into the field membrane so there is no exposed sealant doing the work alone.
How much does Flat & TPO Roofing cost in Glen Ellyn, IL?
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