When business owners search for roofing contractors near me who understand both PVC membrane systems and trapezoidal standing seam metal roofs, Ridgeline Roofing & Solar tops the list. On June 19 we completed a full commercial roof inspection for a Baxter Springs facility and uncovered issues that could lead to costly leaks if left unchecked.
Key Findings
- Ponding water on the PVC section. A tapered insulation system is needed to redirect water toward drains and away from seams.
- Improperly sealed seams and vents. Previous patching blocked one-way vents and trapped moisture under the membrane, raising the risk of blistering.
- Metal roof framing irregularities. Minor red-iron misalignment is causing panel edges to lift, creating areas where water pools.
- Missing hold-down bars on panel laps. Without uniform pressure, seams can separate under wind or thermal expansion.
- Heavy use of acrylic and aluminum coatings. These short-term fixes cannot provide the watertight protection of silicone roof coating or a full TPO overlay.
Recommended Solutions
Our commercial roofing team will propose cleaning and resealing the PVC, adding tapered insulation, installing proper compression bars on the metal roof, and replacing deteriorated sealant with high-solids silicone. These targeted repairs are faster and more affordable than a complete replacement, yet still restore integrity and extend service life.
From flat roof repair near me to full reroofing with metal roofing companies near me, Ridgeline Roofing & Solar brings proven expertise across Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. If your building in Baxter Springs or beyond needs a detailed inspection, call today for a FREE quote backed by our 25-Year Workmanship Warranty.
Hear Tim’s Thoughts
Video Transcript: "Hey. It's Tim Yates with Ridgeline Roofing and Solar. I'm in Baxter today doing a roof inspection on a commercial roof. And, this section of it is PVC, and it's got some one way vents, which these are. This allows any heat or moisture from underneath this PVC to get out.
These are concentric vents. And there there's a couple of things like this is seamed. There's probably nothing wrong with that. It's lasted for obviously lasted a while. This isn't a new build, but probably should have capped that.
And then over here, we've got this area where it's ponding water and maybe have a tapered system here to run that water off the the building where it's not collecting right there. The other thing is somebody came in and sealed this stuff. And if you do that on these seams and the seams go and that seals off the bottom of those seams, it can create a leak as well. And this side is collecting a lot of moisture. I think it's because of that.
And it's also got the gutter running the water on the roof. So we actually came up here to check out this other section of roof and, just kinda glanced over this one. I'm trying to hurry over here. So this is a trap metal roof, trapezoidal metal. It's got some framing issues where, like, the framing through here, it's a red iron building, is is just off just a little bit.
So the flow of the metal is getting pulled up on the edges, and it's causing it to collect water here. Got some concentric vents there as well. And then all the protrusions have been they've obviously had trouble with a bunch of this stuff because all the protrusions have a bunch of sealant stuff around them. And then once again, I've talked about this before, how this is supposed to have a bar across here to hold this flat. And, it applies pressure evenly on these panels where they where they overlap.
This one doesn't have that. Now it's it's leaking. So we're gonna put down an estimate to try to fix this stuff and, see what they wanna do. So everybody have a great day. Thank you."