We coat metal and low-slope roofs on St. Matthews retail, office, and restaurant buildings, with the city's Letter of Compliance and trade licenses lined up before the Metro permit.
St. Matthews asks for a Letter of Compliance from the city before Louisville Metro issues the building permit, and the city lists no charge for the letter. The application names every contractor and subcontractor and includes two copies of a site plan.
We treat that site plan as a working document: the lift position at the lowest eave, where pails and the coating rig sit, and the hose route to the roof, drawn so city staff can follow it.
Retail and office roofs carry skylights, canopies, and tenant equipment. These are the conditions we plan the coating around.
What a coating gives a St. Matthews retail or office roof, with stores and offices open below.
Coating happens on top of the panels, one section at a time, so storefronts and offices keep working. Fastener work over occupied suites moves to quieter hours.
Every skylight side lap and fastener is resealed to the metal next to it as part of the job, instead of one leak patched at a time.
Solid panels stay in place, so the budget goes to prep and coats rather than new steel, tear-off labor, and hauling.
A coated roof is washed and recoated later with a compatible product, keeping future work on top of the existing system.
Three setups we use on St. Matthews buildings, matched to how each roof drains.
Bright white acrylic for sloped canopies and metal roofs that drain fast, applied in dry weeks around store hours.
Best on: Canopies, sloped retail roofs
Silicone for low-slope office and restaurant roofs where water sits near drains and curbs.
Best on: Flat roofs behind parapets
Seam sealer and fabric at every lap, skylight edge, and ridge cap before either coating goes on.
Best on: Every metal roof we coat
Note which suites see drips and how many skylights the roof has. That count shapes the detail work and the city paperwork.
City steps and roof steps run together here. This is the order we follow.
We walk the roof, mark skylights, gutters, rooftop units, and rusted areas on a roof plan, and note which trades the job will need, from sheet metal to HVAC.
The Letter of Compliance application goes in with every roofing contractor and subcontractor named and two copies of a site plan. Each trade's city business license gets collected first.
With the city letter in hand, the building permit comes from Louisville Metro. The marked roof plan helps staff follow the coating scope.
Skylight laps get resealed, closures under ridge caps replaced, fasteners tightened or upsized, and rust primed before any field coat.
Coats go on one area at a time, with the lift parked where the city site plan shows it and walkways kept clear for customers.
Outside St. Matthews, we coat metal roofs in the towns listed here. Systems we use most in St. Matthews: Acrylic Roof Coating and Silicone Roof Coating. Have a property elsewhere? Call us or send us a message.
Not to scale. Your town is ringed in blue.
Next door to the east; plans registered 30 days ahead.
South on Preston Highway; many old rooftop mounts.
Southwest; older plants with layered patches.
Southwest on Dixie Highway; gutters and box gutters.
City paperwork, skylights, and open storefronts, answered for St. Matthews owners.
Question about your own roof?
Call UsSkylight panels stay uncoated so daylight keeps coming in. Their side laps and fasteners are sealed to the metal next to them, and brittle or yellowed panels are swapped for new translucent ones or covered with metal. Ridge caps get fastener checks, sealer at overlaps, fabric where caps meet panels, and new foam closures where old ones tore.
A Letter of Compliance from the city, issued before Louisville Metro grants the building permit, and the city lists no charge for it. The application names every contractor and subcontractor and includes two copies of a site plan. For coating, mark the lift spot at the lowest eave, the pail staging area, and the hose route on that plan.
Yes. Every contractor and subcontractor named on the Letter of Compliance application needs a current St. Matthews business license. On a metal roof that can include a sheet metal shop for gutters or ridge caps, an HVAC contractor disconnecting a unit, or an electrician moving conduit. A missing license holds up the letter, and then the Metro permit.
Yes. Coating happens on the roof, one section at a time, and the lift and pails stay where the approved site plan places them. Work over entrances is planned for early or late in the day, and rooftop intakes near the active section are shut down or covered.
They can, and it often makes sense. Canopies and awnings over entrances rust at fasteners and laps just like the main roof. Doing them in the same visit means one round of city paperwork, one lift setup, and matching color across the front of the building.
Tell us about the building and which trades might be involved. We will walk the roof and mark everything the city letter needs.
Leave a name and number and we will call you about the roof.
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