Apartment & Mixed-Use Building Roofing in Pittsburgh, PA
A lot of Pittsburgh's rental housing sits under a flat roof: walk-up apartment buildings, converted row houses, duplexes, and the classic storefront with two floors of apartments above it on a neighborhood main street. When those roofs leak, the call usually comes from a tenant, and the owner may be across town or across the country. We trace the leak, send photos the owner can see from anywhere, and price the repair in writing. For buildings with several roofs or several properties, inspections in spring and fall catch problems before tenants do. Replacements are scheduled with notice to tenants, done in sections, and dried in every night.
What's included
- Leak calls from tenants traced to the source
- Photo reports sent to remote owners and managers
- Repairs priced separately for approval
- Spring and fall inspections across a portfolio
- Replacement phased around occupied units
- Daily dry-in during replacement
- Fire escapes, hatches and rooftop units flashed
- Drain and gutter clean-outs
- Records for insurance and sale
Sound like your roof?
- Top-floor tenants reporting stains or drips
- A storefront ceiling leak below apartments
- You own several buildings and no roof records
- The building is changing hands soon
- Repeat leak calls from the same unit
Apartment & Mixed-Use Roofing — FAQs
Yes. Photo reports and written prices let an owner approve work without visiting the roof.
No. Work is done in sections, scheduled with notice, and each section is watertight at the end of the day.
Yes. A spring and fall visit across a portfolio, with one report per building, is usually the cheapest way to keep tenant leak calls down. See maintenance plans.
Mixed-use buildings are common on Pittsburgh business streets. The roof drains to the rear, so the back gutter and scuppers get checked along with the parapet.