Service area: Edmonton

Commercial Roofing in Edmonton

Edmonton is home ground. From Mistatim to Davies, we know the buildings and the weather they take.

Local roofing

Commercial roofing in Edmonton is shaped by a long winter and a short building season. Roofs sit under snow for months, go through freeze-thaw cycles every spring and fall, and then take whatever summer hail brings. Rain Roofing is an Edmonton commercial and industrial flat roofing contractor, and the city is home ground.

Most of our Edmonton work sits in two parts of the city: the northwest industrial districts and the southeast industrial parks. We also work on offices, retail, institutional buildings and other commercial roofs across the city.

Both industrial sides of the city

Northwest districts along Hwy 16 and the southeast parks.

Emergency coverage

24/7 response with crews on site within 4 hours anywhere in the city.

Every common system

SBS, TPO, EPDM, PVC, built-up and inverted roofs.

Northwest industrial: Mistatim, Winterburn and the Hwy 16 corridor

Northwest Edmonton holds around 60 million square feet of industrial space, across areas like Mistatim and Winterburn and along the Yellowhead (Hwy 16) corridor. The building stock runs from older shops and warehouses with built-up gravel roofs to newer tilt-up distribution centres with single-ply membranes.

Older buildings here are often due for replacement, and many already carry more than one roof layer, which limits whether a recover is possible. Newer buildings mostly need maintenance: drain clearing, sealant and flashing checks, and repairs after rooftop equipment work.

Southeast industrial: Strathcona Industrial Park and Davies

In the southeast, Strathcona Industrial Park and the Davies area mix manufacturing, fabrication, service shops and warehousing. These roofs see more process exhaust, more rooftop equipment and more maintenance traffic than a typical warehouse, so membrane choice and walkway protection matter as much as the system itself. PVC near exhaust and SBS 2-ply elsewhere is a common combination.

What an Edmonton winter does to a flat roof

Edmonton's weather is hard on low-slope roofs in a few specific ways, and most leaks we see trace back to one of them:

Freeze-thaw at seams, flashings and drains, where water gets in, freezes and opens the gap a little wider each time.
Snow load and drifting against parapets, penthouses and rooftop units.
Spring melt and ponding on flat decks where drains are blocked by ice or sit high.
Summer hail: the August 2019 storm caused about $90 million in insured damage across west Edmonton, Spruce Grove and Stony Plain.

The commercial roofing services Edmonton buildings ask for most

In the city, the calls we get most are leak repairs in spring, inspections and maintenance programs ahead of winter, full replacements on older industrial buildings, and drainage corrections where a roof ponds year after year. After a hailstorm, hail damage assessment and insurance documentation move to the top of the list.

Central office and mixed-use buildings bring a different constraint: access. Tight lanes, limited room for a crane and the need for city permits to occupy a street or sidewalk mean those jobs are planned around logistics as much as the roof itself.

Response times inside the city

Our 24/7 emergency line covers all of Edmonton, with crews on site within 4 hours for active leaks. Non-emergency service calls are usually booked within two business days, and maintenance clients get priority scheduling.

Questions

What facility managers ask us

Ask your own

Do you work on buildings outside the industrial areas?

Yes. Offices, retail plazas, schools and other commercial buildings anywhere in the city. Flat and low-slope roofs are our main work.

Our older building has two roofs already. Can you recover it again?

Usually not. Building code limits how many roof layers can be added, and a third layer hides problems in the deck. A building in that state normally needs a full tear-off.

When is the best time to re-roof in Edmonton?

Late spring through early fall is the main season, and the summer books up early. Some systems can go down in colder weather with the right precautions, but planning a winter before you need the work gives you the best choice of dates.

Do you handle insurance claims after hail?

We assess the roof, document the damage with photos and a written report, and work with your adjuster on scope. The claim itself stays between you and your insurer.