Every grain silo deserves a state-of-the-art roof. It enhances durability, improves energy efficiency and keeps out moisture and contaminants. It’s the ultimate investment in any grain storage site’s profitability. For proof, we need only examine the greatest innovation in grain silo roofing over the past several decades.
Elastomeric Coating: Perfecting the Grain Silo Roof
Though quite durable, no silo roof can resist becoming damaged over time. That’s because a roof must constantly square off against all its greatest enemies. Temperature fluctuations weaken its structure. Wind and rain both gradually wear it away. And if moisture permeates and freezes inside even the smallest crack, then it won’t remain the smallest crack for much longer.
Silo roof degradation leads to many problems. Water infiltration is the greatest offender, as it causes both spoilage of the grain and corrosion of the silo’s underlying metal components. A leaky roof also leads to blockages that reduce capacity and increase production time. And if you’re trying to control the temperature inside your grain silo, you’re going to find a much harder (and costlier) time of it with a roof that isn’t weathertight.
That’s what makes elastomeric coating the greatest innovation in silo roofing technology since the invention of silo roofing itself. It cannot eliminate the need for roof replacement in all circumstances, but it does quickly eliminate the effects of weather-related damage in a wide range of roof types. Aluminum, steel, bitumen, and other surfaces are all prime candidates for elastomeric coating. Even built-up roof membranes, urethane foam roofs and single ply roofs can greatly benefit from this product.
NIJAC’s elastomeric silo roof coating is flexible: supple enough to expand and contract with whichever surface it’s applied to. It is exceedingly tough, and capable of withstanding all the rough wear and tear that go hand in hand with grain storage facility operations. But perhaps best of all, our elastomeric coating is permeable. It penetrates deep down inside spalls, cracks and pinholes where it delays further degradation, blocks the passage of moisture and humidity, and prevents insects and rodents from accessing the good stuff.
Perhaps best of all, elastomeric coating can be applied easily – at least when NIJAC’s expert team is in charge of the project, that is. Whichever type of surface we’re coating, we take all due care to deliver the best possible result in the shortest amount of time. Fast-curing elastomer enables us to minimize interruption to our clients’ operations. Their bottom lines appreciate us for it!
Contact NIJAC Roofing & Insulation Today
Are you looking for the ultimate solution to grain silo roof repair? Then we welcome you to contact NIJAC of Sioux Falls, SD today. We serve the lower 48 states for all their metal roof and concrete grain silo roof restoration needs, and elastomer is just one of our many state-of-the-art solutions to grain silo roofing problems.