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Commercial Roofing Company in Knoxville TN Inspects a Commercial Roof Leak

Commercial Roof Repair, Knoxville, TN
February 18, 2021

Knoxville, TN

When the Knoxville roofing company inspect a commercial roof leak they need to be inspecting all of the reflashing‘s penetrations and areas around the leaking area. This is because these areas can all be potential problems and reasons for the leak. In this particular inspection there is a TPO wall in the area the leak that needs to be repaired and examine thoroughly once we remove the gutter. There are several locations on the shingle roof of this property that could potentially be causing this leak. And we wanted to make sure that we addressed mechanical unit that has rust and standing water on it because this could certainly be a cause for roof leaks on this commercial Roof in Knoxville Tennessee Tennessee.

This Commercial Roof Has Leaks in Knoxville TN

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Rusting Duct Work on a roof
Duct work is rusting and will be a problem. We are recommending cutting the entire above roof duct structure. This could certainly be a reason for it to leak currently in coding or prevent this from happening. The joints need to be coated well to prevent leaking.

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The roof service needs to be cleaned and prepped before roof coating
The roof service needs to be cleaned and prepped before coating. Once the surface has been cleaned it is OK to apply a rust inhibiting primer and a topcoat to prevent any leaks.

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This is the area the roof is leaking in

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Coat the roofing penetrations
We need to cut these roofing penetrations so that they don’t leak and have problems. There probably five locations like this on the shingle portion of this roof that need repaired in this area to ensure the roof has no more problems.

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Video of Commercial Roof Inspection in Knoxville TN

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Make repairs to the TPO wall here
Make repairs to the TPO wall here.
To make these repairs we will need to remove this gutter, the gutter is not necessary it does not help with drainage, the main thing is that this wall could be leaking behind the gutter and this needs to be thoroughly examined to resolve this issue. The wall is TPO and it will need to be completely sealed to stop any roof leaks.

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