Membrane, mod-bit and hot mop roofs
Flat Roof Repair in Santa Barbara, From Ponding to Failed Seams
Water that will not drain, a seam that has let go, a blister or a scupper full of leaves. We get up on the roof, find what failed and put the whole repair in writing before we start.
Free, no-obligation estimates. Open every day of the week, with voicemail after hours returned the next working morning.
The short answer
Flat roof repair in Santa Barbara
Flat roof repair in Santa Barbara means finding the failed detail on a TPO, PVC, modified bitumen or built-up roof, checking the membrane around it and repairing it with materials that are compatible with the roof.
A flat roof rarely fails all over at once. It fails at one lap, one blister or one corner where the edge metal has worked loose, and the water travels under the membrane from there.
So the patch is only half the job. We look at the sheet around the failure before we touch it, because a repair bonded to tired membrane just moves the leak a few feet over.
Where flat roofs fail
What a flat roof repair covers
We repair failed seams, blisters and cracks, ponding areas, clogged scuppers and drains, and loose edge metal and base flashing.
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Failed seams
Where two sheets overlap, an open lap lets water run under the membrane well past the spot you can see.
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Blisters and cracks
"Alligatoring" is the crazed cracking on an aged surface, the cracked flat roof you notice from a window above.
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Ponding areas
"Ponding" is the trade word for the puddles on a flat roof, the low spots that hold water long after the rain stops.
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Scuppers and drains
"Scuppers" are the drain openings through a parapet wall, and windblown leaves and grit clog them shut.
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Edge metal
Our leak checks on a low-slope roof start at the edge, where wind gets under the membrane and works it loose.
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Base flashing
Base flashing turns the roof up a wall or a curb, and that corner is the next place we check after the edge.
Pricing
How flat roof repair is priced
A flat roof repair is priced by the area it covers and the detail that failed.
A single open seam or a clogged scupper is a small, contained job. A run of blistered membrane, or edge metal that has let go along a whole side, takes more material and more hours.
On a flat roof, a coating or a targeted ponding fix can cost less than a "tear-off", so a roof that still has life in it does not have to come off to stop a leak.
- Area. How much membrane the repair has to cover.
- The failed detail. A lap, a blister, an edge or a drain.
- Access. A tall parapet or a tight lot adds setup time.
- What is underneath. Wet deck wood is priced once we see it.
Typical flat roof repair costs
- A small to moderate repair in California
- $750 to $3,500
- A flat roof leak repair in California
- $900 to $3,500
Ranges, not our quote. Your exact price comes from the visit, in writing, before any work.
Call for a Free EstimateStanding water
Ponding and drainage on low-slope roofs
Water still standing on a flat roof 48 hours after rain signals a drainage problem, and that ponding is what turns a sound seam into a failed one.
A flat roof is built with a slight fall toward its scuppers and drains. When a drain clogs, or the deck sags into a low spot, the water has nowhere to go and sits on the same seams day after day.
That is why we treat the puddle and the leak as one job: clear what blocks the water, fix the low spot that holds it, then repair the membrane it sat on.
48 hours
How long is too long for standing water.
- After the next rain, note where the water collects: near a drain, along an edge or around a rooftop unit.
- Look at the ceiling under that spot for a stain or a drip.
- Tell us on the call, and we start our check there.
From the call to the repair
What happens after you call
You call, we visit and trace the problem, you get photos and an itemized written estimate, and the work goes on the calendar only once you approve it.
We answer the phone or call back the same working day.
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The call
Tell us where the water shows up inside and what the roof looks like after rain, and we set a time to come out.
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The visit
We walk the roof from the edge metal inward, checking the laps, the drains and the flashing until we find the way in.
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Photos and the estimate
Pictures of what failed, what we found around it and a line-by-line price for the whole repair.
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Your go-ahead
Nothing is scheduled until you say so, and the price on the estimate is the price you pay.
Google reviews
What neighbors say about working with us
Reviews from our customers, as they wrote them.
Top notch - Serjio and his team was an absolute pleasure to work with. They were always on time and the most polite and pleasant contractors we have ever had. The whole team went out of the way to make the time at our home as comfortable as possible. I would highly recommend his company.
Thank you. titan roofing I highly recommend them to everybody Five stars all the way
I called Titan Roofing & Rain Gutters inc.for a quote on a residential home, and within minutes they were calling me back and setting up a same day appointment. Sergio came out within the hour and was very professional. He looked everything over and even gave me some great advice in case we ever do experience any leaks. He didn't even have the job but was still willing to help me out.
Service area
Where we work around Santa Barbara
We do flat roof repair across the city and the nearby towns our service area lists.
That covers flat and low-slope roofs on houses, garages and small commercial buildings. A roof outside that footprint is a question for the call, and we will tell you straight whether we can get to it.
roofing service area around Santa BarbaraEvery day of the week. Voicemail after hours, returned the next working morning.
Call for a Free Estimate- Free, no-obligation estimates
- We show up when we say we will
- We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after
- We clean up when the work is done
Before you call
More questions owners ask
These questions sit right beside flat roof repair, and where one needs a longer answer we point to the page that gives it.
Single-ply, modified bitumen and built-up roofs
We repair single-ply TPO, PVC and EPDM, modified bitumen, built-up and coated flat roofs.
- TPO and PVC"Single ply membrane", the white flat roof, with seams welded or bonded
- EPDMThe rubber roof, usually black
- Modified bitumenRolled asphalt sheets, often finished with granules
- Built-up"Built-up roofing", the hot mop or tar and gravel roof: base sheet and inner ply under a cap sheet or rock
- Self-adhered built-upA self-adhering sheet, often laid straight on the wood sheathing
- Fluid-applied coatingsA coating rolled or sprayed over the roof as its top layer
Coating an aging flat roof
A coating over a sound flat roof can seal it and reflect heat for less than a tear-off.
The word that matters is sound. We check the membrane under it first, since a coating is only as good as the roof it is rolled onto.
roof coatingRooftop equipment and punctures
Yes, rooftop equipment service often punctures flat roofs, so the area around each unit needs checking.
A dropped tool or a ladder foot can leave a hole in the membrane that nobody reports, so we check the curbs around air conditioning units whenever we walk a flat roof.
Water sitting on your flat roof? Let us find where it gets in.
A call sets the visit. We trace the failure, fix the membrane where it actually let go, and put the whole repair in writing before we start.
We answer the phone or call back the same working day, and we show up when we say we will.