Retail & Storefronts: Flat Roof Repair & Replacement
Pittsburgh retail comes in two shapes. On business streets in the city neighborhoods and the old mill-town boroughs, it is a narrow brick storefront with a flat roof that drains to the back alley, often with an apartment upstairs. In the suburbs, it is a strip plaza from the 1960s to the '90s with one long roof over several tenants, often already recovered once. Both leak over the merchandise at the worst time. We trace the leak, dry it in, and fix it outside shopping hours. For plazas, we sort out which leaks are the landlord's roof and which are a tenant's rooftop unit, with photos for both.
What matters on these roofs
Rear drainage on storefronts
Narrow storefront roofs drain to a back gutter or scupper over the alley. When it clogs, water backs up under the roof edge and into the back room.
One plaza roof, many tenants
A single leak can cross tenant lines. We photograph where water enters so the landlord and tenants know whose problem it is.
Recovered once already
Many older plazas already have a second roof on top. Another recover usually isn't allowed, so replacement means tear-off; core cuts confirm it.
Shopping hours
Work runs early, late or in sections, with nothing staged in front of entrances or on customer parking.
The services these buildings use most
Retail & Storefronts roofing — FAQs
That depends on your lease. What we provide is the photo of where the water enters, which is usually what settles the question.
Only if there is one existing roof and it is dry. See roof recover.
No. Lifts, dumpsters and material staging go behind the building or off-hours, and entrances stay clear.