Commercial Roof Repair
As a Lafayette commercial roof repair contractor, we fix membrane, metal panel, flashing, and drain failures on plants, warehouses, and offices. Each visit starts on the roof.
Pick the roof you have. Lafayette commercial roof repair here covers four kinds of work, and each one starts with finding where the water gets in.
Low-Slope Membrane
We repair TPO, EPDM, and modified bitumen roofs on offices, schools, and warehouses: open seams, punctures, blistered areas, and drains that hold water. Wet board around the damage comes out, and each patch matches the membrane already on the roof.
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Metal Panel
Exposed-fastener and standing seam roofs on shops, plants, and storage buildings leak at screws, end laps, and trim long before the panels wear out. We replace worn fasteners, reseal laps, and swap rusted sheets for matching ones.
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Inside The Building
A stained ceiling tile seldom sits right under the opening. We follow the water from inside the building back along the deck to the roof detail that let it in, then repair that detail and test it.
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Plant And Process Roof
Plant roofs carry exhaust fans, stacks, conveyors, and long runs of curbs, and production residue wears flashing faster. We repair those details in phases that fit around shifts, safety rules, and hot work permits.
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A targeted repair keeps the dry parts of your roof working and puts the budget where water is getting in.
Core cuts and moisture readings mark where the insulation is wet. Only that area is opened, so the dry board and membrane around it keep working and the repair stays far smaller than a tear-off.
Sealing a stain from inside changes nothing on the roof. Tracing the water to a split seam, a lifted flashing, or a cracked drain clamp puts the fix where the leak starts.
Repairs are planned around shifts, deliveries, and rooftop equipment service. Work areas stay small and are closed up watertight each day, so offices and plant floors below stay in use.
Dated photos of each seam, curb, and drain before and after the repair go to the owner. They help with lease questions, insurance claims, and planning the next roof budget.
These are the conditions that bring most Lafayette owners to call. Each one points to a roof detail we can find and fix.
Ponds still there two days after a storm usually mean a drain set high, crushed insulation, or a sagging deck. The standing water works into nearby seams and ages the membrane under it.
Heat, cold, and foot traffic pull at lap seams on TPO and EPDM. Once an edge lifts, rain and meltwater run under the sheet and soak insulation board well away from the opening.
Metal panels expand and contract every day. Over the years that movement loosens screws and cracks their rubber washers, and each loose fastener turns into a small hole through the panel.
Rooftop units vibrate, and service techs step on their curbs. Flashing at the base splits or pulls loose, and water follows the duct, gas, and electrical lines down into the building.
A ceiling tile replaced twice tells you the first patch missed the source. Water travels along the deck before it drips, so the opening often sits several feet upslope of the stain.
Snow and meltwater sit longest at end laps and eaves, and damp grain dust holds moisture against the steel. Rust starts there, then creeps under the paint toward the fasteners.
Call and describe where the water is showing up. We will talk through what to protect inside and set a time to get on the roof.
(574) 384-0757
Four steps take a leak from the first call to a tested repair, with photos at each one.
We walk the whole roof, mark every seam, flashing, drain, and curb with damage, and check the ceiling below. Moisture readings and a few test cores show where the insulation is wet.
You get a written scope naming each repair, the matching materials, and the order of work, with photos of every roof area. Spots to watch rather than fix are listed on their own.
Wet insulation is cut out and replaced, then new membrane, panels, or flashing are tied into the existing roof. Each section is closed up watertight before work stops for the day.
Seams are probed, drains are run with water, and curbs are checked after the repair. The owner receives dated before and after photos for the building file.
Three scopes cover most roofs we see. The cores and the photos decide which one fits your building.
| Factor | Spot Repair | Section Repair | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damage spread | A few seams, flashings, or penetrations | One area, such as a corner or a run of drains | Leaks in many places across the roof |
| Insulation | Dry around the opening | Wet in one zone, dry beyond it | Wet over large sections |
| Membrane or panels | Still flexible and bondable | Firm and flexible outside the damaged area | Brittle, shrinking, or rusted through |
| Work in the building | Usually one visit | Phased over several days | A planned project around operations |
| What we do | Patch, reseal, or re-flash | Cut out, replace insulation, tie in new membrane | Document the findings so you can plan a new roof |
We repair commercial roofs in Lafayette and five nearby towns, listed here with what their roofs need most.
Outside these towns? Call us or send us a message.
| Town | County | What We See On Roofs There |
|---|---|---|
| LafayetteHome Base | Tippecanoe County | Grain processing and aerospace plants, warehouses, and downtown blocks with drains, curbs, and laps to watch. |
| West Lafayette | Tippecanoe County | Occupied research and office roofs repaired in small phases around the people working below. |
| Frankfort | Clinton County | Warehouse and plant roofs with long membrane seams and drains that hold water. |
| Crawfordsville | Montgomery County | Older masonry buildings that leak at parapets, coping joints, and internal drains. |
| Rensselaer | Jasper County | Farm, equipment, and storage buildings with loose fasteners and wind-lifted trim. |
| Monticello | White County | Storm checks for lifted edge metal, punctured membrane, and dented panels. |
Six questions Lafayette building owners ask before a repair starts.
Repair Decisions
Repair fits when the leaks trace to a few seams, flashings, or penetrations and the insulation under most of the roof is dry. Replacement fits when leaks show up all over, wet board runs through large areas, or the membrane or steel is failing everywhere. Cores and photos settle it.
Yes, when the damage is confined to one area and the roof around it is the same system in good shape. We cut out the wet membrane and board, install new insulation and matching membrane, and seal the new section into the old one at every edge.
Leases And Permits
Your lease answers that. Net leases often hand routine roof repairs to the tenant and gross leases often leave them with the owner, with replacement handled on its own terms. An attorney reads unclear clauses. Our part is a written scope with roof photos both sides can check against the lease.
Building permits in Lafayette go through the Engineering Department at City Hall on North 6th Street. Its permit pages do not list roof repairs on their own, so before deck replacement or moving rooftop equipment we confirm with that office what paperwork the job needs.
Inspections And Plants
On the roof: the membrane or panels, every seam, the flashing at walls, curbs, and pipes, drains, gutters, edge metal, and equipment supports, plus soft spots, blisters, and ponding rings. Inside: ceiling tiles and the deck underside. You receive photos and a repair list ranked by urgency.
Dust and residue drive most of them. Gutters and drains clog and overflow, damp dust corrodes panels and screws, and flashing wears where conveyors, vents, and dust collectors pass through the roof. We schedule that work around harvest traffic and the plant's dust and hot work rules.
Tell us where the roof is leaking or what the last inspection found. We will set up a roof walk and a written repair scope.