Vancouver Roof Pros provides professional roof coatings and sealing in Vancouver, WA for residential and commercial properties across Clark County. This is the page where we argue against two things people ask us for by name. Coatings have a real, narrow use on low-slope membrane and metal. On a shingle roof with moss damage they are close to useless, and retrofit zinc strips are worse.
Take the coating first. A shingle slope that has moss under the butt edges has a mechanical defect: the courses are lifted and the sealant bond is broken. Painting an elastomeric film over that bridges the gap for a season, traps moisture in the moss cushion underneath, and hides the exact thing an inspection needs to be able to see. Nothing sold as a shingle rejuvenator restores a broken sealant bond either.
Now the zinc strips. The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association advises against adding metal strips to an existing roof, because fitting one means either exposed fasteners through the shingle, which leak, or breaking the sealant bond to slide the strip under, which invites wind damage. Either way you have made the roof worse in order to solve a problem the strip only partly solves.
Oregon State University Extension goes further and says outright that installing metallic zinc or copper strip products is not effective at eliminating moss, and notes that zinc and copper are harmful to fish and other aquatic organisms. That matters here. Clark County roof runoff reaches Salmon Creek, Burnt Bridge Creek and the Columbia, and those are salmon-bearing waters.
So our position is simple. Zinc at replacement, set under the ridge course while the roof is open, or no zinc at all. For a roof already on the house we would rather you spent the money on a fatty-acid moss treatment, hand removal, and a tree crew taking the canopy back off the roof plane. That combination costs less than a coating and it actually changes the drying rate.
Where coatings do earn their money is low-slope membrane and metal. A silicone coating over a sound, well-drained EPDM or TPO field adds ten years for a fraction of a tear-off, and an acrylic elastomeric meeting ASTM D6083 works well on an aged metal roof with tight seams. We will quote either of those readily. We will not put one on your shingles, and if saying so costs us the job, then it costs us the job.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — moss rhizoids wedged under the shingle butt edge, the factory sealant strip bond between courses, north-slope drying potential under a conifer canopy, 1x4 skip sheathing left from an original cedar shake roof, hand removal with a plastic-bladed shingle scraper, potassium salts of fatty acids moss treatment — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Vancouver and nearby communities including Camas, Washougal, Battle Ground, Ridgefield.
What We Handle
Everything our roof coatings and sealing in Vancouver covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of roof coatings and sealing work in Vancouver, WA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Vancouver services.
Materials, equipment and how we do roof coatings and sealing
The difference between roof coatings and sealing that lasts and roof coatings and sealing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with moss rhizoids wedged under the shingle butt edge, the factory sealant strip bond between courses, north-slope drying potential under a conifer canopy, 1x4 skip sheathing left from an original cedar shake roof, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Vancouver job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in Clark County means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do roof coatings and sealing outside Vancouver
Vancouver Roof Pros covers Vancouver and the surrounding communities of Clark County. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Roof Coatings and Sealing in Camas, WA — Clark County, population 26,065
- Roof Coatings and Sealing in Washougal, WA — Clark County, population 17,039
- Roof Coatings and Sealing in Battle Ground, WA — Clark County, population 20,743
- Roof Coatings and Sealing in Ridgefield, WA — Clark County, population 10,319
- Roof Coatings and Sealing in Salmon Creek, WA — Clark County, population 21,293
- Roof Coatings and Sealing in Hazel Dell, WA — Clark County, population 23,569
Start on the Vancouver Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Vancouver Chooses Vancouver Roof Pros
- ✓We grade the north and south exposures as two separate roofs and price them separately
- ✓We quote single-slope tear-offs, which most roofing companies in Clark County will not
- ✓We will not write a replacement estimate for a roof that is only stained
- ✓We refuse retrofit zinc strips and shingle coatings that hide moss damage instead of fixing it
The standards behind roof coatings and sealing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The roof coatings and sealing work we do in Vancouver follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every roof coatings and sealing project in Vancouver gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free roof coatings and sealing free estimate in Vancouver, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.