Brookhaven Roof & Leak
Brookhaven, Georgia

EPDM rubber roof repair in Brookhaven

EPDM is a rubber membrane used on flat roofs, bonded rather than welded, with seams made using tape or adhesive. It fails at those seams, at upstands where the material turns up a wall, and through shrinkage over time pulling the membrane away from its terminations. It is durable in the field and repairable almost indefinitely, so a leaking EPDM roof is rarely a replacement job.

Call (229) 235-1425 Dekalb County

What the job involves

  • Repair using compatible tape or liquid detailing
  • Assessment of upstands and terminations for shrinkage pull
  • Check of outlets and drainage where water is standing
  • Puncture repair in traffic and plant areas

Signs you need it

  • Seams lifting or tape peeling at the edges
  • Membrane pulling away from an upstand or trim
  • Visible punctures or splits in the rubber

Why roofs fail in Brookhaven and Dekalb County

Brookhaven sits in the metro Atlanta hail and wind corridor. Spring storm season here does two kinds of damage, and only one of them is obvious. Straight-line wind lifts shingle tabs, breaks the seal strip underneath, and drops them back down looking untouched — the roof then leaks in the next storm from a spot that shows nothing from the ground. Hail does the other kind, bruising the mat under the granules so the shingle fails months later. Housing stock across Dekalb County skews newer and denser than most of the state, which means a lot of architectural asphalt in the 10-to-20-year band where the seal strip is past its best but the roof is nowhere near replacement.

Brookhaven has a population of about 55,161, and the housing stock here sets the pattern for what fails first on a roof.

Questions about epdm rubber roof repair in Brookhaven

Does EPDM shrink?

Over many years, slightly — enough to put tension on upstands and terminations, which is where older rubber roofs most often fail. It is repairable by releasing and redressing the affected edge rather than recovering the roof.

Can EPDM and TPO repairs use the same materials?

No. They are different chemistries and the adhesives and tapes are not interchangeable. Using TPO products on EPDM produces a repair that looks fine and fails within a season.

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