Where flat roofs show up in Kernersville
Kernersville sits right on the Forsyth/Guilford county line, halfway between our shop and Greensboro, and we’re on roofs here every week. The town’s housing stock leans heavily on 1990s and 2000s subdivision construction, and a lot of those homes came with a feature that quietly fails first: a porch roof, sunroom, or garage addition built on a slope too flat for shingles.
That’s the most common flat-roofing call we get in the developments north toward Oak Ridge and Colfax and south along Highway 66 toward Walkertown. Builder crews of that era routinely shingled sunroom and porch additions at a 1:12 or 2:12 pitch — below the code minimum for asphalt — and now, 20-plus years later, those sections leak every time a hard rain comes through. The fix isn’t another shingle. It’s the right membrane for a low slope.
What we install on Kernersville low-slope sections
- TPO membrane — our default for porch and sunroom roofs. The seams are heat-welded, not glued or taped, so they don’t open up as the addition shifts on its own foundation. The white surface also reflects heat, which matters on the south- and west-facing porches that bake all summer here.
- EPDM rubber — proven black single-ply, ideal where a section sits under the heavy tree canopy around the older homes in downtown Kernersville, Cedarbrook, and along Main Street, where the dark color won’t drive heat into the room below.
- Modified bitumen — a cost-sensible choice for the smaller bay-window and entry-porch roofs under 400 square feet.
- Silicone restoration coatings — for an aging-but-not-failing flat section, a coating can add 10–15 years at a fraction of replacement cost. We tell you honestly whether yours is a candidate.
The two questions before we scope it
Before recommending anything, we want to know whether the deck under the membrane is wet, and how many leaks you’re actually seeing. If water has gotten into the decking or insulation, putting a new membrane over it just traps moisture that keeps eating the structure — so we do a moisture survey or a few cuts first. One leak on an 18-year-old porch roof points to a repair; five leaks across the section means it’s at end of life and patching is wasted money. We give you the real answer, not the one that maximizes the invoice.
Commercial flat roofs along the highway corridors
Kernersville’s commercial and light-industrial inventory has grown right along with the city. We handle TPO and EPDM replacements for the small-to-medium buildings along Main Street, the industrial buildings off I-40, and the retail centers throughout town. As a Carlisle SynTec authorized contractor, we install commercial-grade single-ply with manufacturer system warranties up to 30 years, and our dedicated low-slope crew handles the edge metal, drains, and HVAC penetrations properly — not residential shinglers learning on your roof. For occupied buildings, we coordinate around tenant operations.
Why Kernersville chooses Mid Atlantic for flat roofing
- The right system for the application — we don’t shingle slopes that can’t shed water
- 20 minutes from our shop on Reynolda Road in Winston-Salem, with crews who already know these streets
- Carlisle SynTec authorized for commercial single-ply; Owens Corning Platinum Preferred for the rest of the roof
- In-house W-2 crews, no subcontractors
- A+ BBB, 4.8★ on Google and Facebook
- 3-year workmanship warranty on every install, residential or commercial
Schedule a flat roof inspection
Call (336) 671-5208 or request an estimate online. Most Kernersville inspections are scheduled within 48 hours.