Where flat roofs show up in High Point
High Point has two very different flat-roofing markets, and we work both. On the commercial side, the city carries more low-slope roofing per capita than almost anywhere in the Triad — the furniture showrooms downtown, the warehouses and manufacturing buildings along I-85 and 311, and the exhibition spaces tied to Market are nearly all flat or low-slope construction. On the residential side, the call is usually a leak: a porch roof over a front entry, a 1990s or 2000s sunroom addition, or a detached garage where someone laid shingles on a slope too flat to handle them.
Both come down to the same principle. Asphalt shingles need a minimum 2:12 pitch to work — they shed water down a slope, they don’t hold it back over a flat surface. Below that pitch, they leak. The fix isn’t another shingle patch; it’s a system built for low slope.
Residential low-slope: porches, sunrooms, and additions
A lot of our residential flat-roofing tickets in High Point come from the maturing 1990s and 2000s subdivisions off Eastchester Drive and Skeet Club Road, and from the mid-century homes in Greenway, Skeet Club, and Deep River. The pattern repeats: a sunroom or porch addition was built with shingles over a near-flat slope, and it’s been a chronic leak source for years — almost always failing at the wall flashing where the addition meets the main house.
For most residential flat sections we install TPO membrane — a white, heat-welded single-ply that sheds summer heat (a real benefit on a south-facing porch) and whose seams are mechanically fused rather than glued, so they don’t open up as the building moves. On smaller sections under 400 square feet, modified bitumen is often the more sensible spend. Where a roof is shaded by High Point’s heavy central tree canopy, EPDM rubber makes sense — the dark surface won’t drive heat into the building. A 500-square-foot porch roof is typically a one-day job.
Commercial flat roofing for the Furniture District
For showrooms, warehouses, and manufacturing buildings, we install commercial-grade single-ply as a Carlisle SynTec authorized applicator — the standard for systems like these, with manufacturer warranties up to 30 years on full commercial installs. TPO is the workhorse on the I-85 and 311 warehouse stock. On older showroom buildings converted from earlier industrial use, an aging-but-sound membrane is sometimes a candidate for a silicone restoration coating that buys 10-15 more years at a fraction of replacement cost — we assess that honestly rather than defaulting to a tear-off.
We also schedule around Market. Twice-yearly events make exhibition-space roofing tricky, and we’ve been doing this long enough to know which weeks are off-limits and plan the work accordingly.
Two questions before we scope a flat roof
Before recommending a fix, we want to know whether the deck under the membrane is wet — once water is in the decking or insulation, a new membrane just traps it — and how many leaks you’re actually seeing. One leak in an 18-year-old TPO roof is a repair; five leaks in different spots means the system is at end of life. We’ll do a moisture survey or a few exploratory cuts before committing, and give you the real answer, not the one that maximizes our invoice.
Why High Point chooses Mid Atlantic for flat roofing
- 30 minutes away on Reynolda Road in Winston-Salem — not a national franchise or storm chaser
- Carlisle SynTec authorized for commercial single-ply, with a dedicated low-slope crew
- In-house W-2 crews for both residential and commercial — no subs learning on your roof
- Moisture surveys before we commit to a scope — no mid-project surprises
- A+ BBB, 4.8★ on Google and Facebook
- 3-year workmanship warranty on every install
Schedule
Call (336) 671-5208 or request an estimate online. For commercial properties, we coordinate site visits around tenant operations and Market schedules.