Commercial TPO Roofing in Chattanooga, TN
New TPO membrane systems and full restorations for warehouses, retail, churches and industrial buildings. Heat-welded seams. Warranties up to 25 years.
TPO Roofing for Commercial Buildings
Foametix installs and restores commercial TPO roofing across Chattanooga and 100 miles out - warehouses, distribution, retail, restaurants, churches, medical offices, schools and industrial buildings.
If your building needs a new roof, we install the complete system: tear-off, deck repair, insulation and cover board, membrane and every detail at the curbs, drains and penetrations.
If your existing TPO is sound but leaking at the seams and flashings, we restore it instead - repair the details, prepare the surface, and coat it into one continuous reflective surface with no tear-off and no disruption to the business operating underneath.
Either way you get a free roof evaluation, a written scope and price before anything starts, and our own crews on the roof.
WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT
New TPO membrane systems and full restorations for commercial, industrial and multi‑family buildings across Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia.
Why building owners put TPO on commercial roofs
TPO is the most widely installed commercial roofing membrane in the country, and it earned that position on performance.
It is a thermoplastic single-ply sheet, and the seams are heat-welded rather than glued — hot air fuses sheet to sheet into one continuous surface, with no adhesive to break down and no seam tape to lift. A properly welded TPO seam is stronger than the membrane around it. That is the single biggest reason it outlasted the systems it replaced.
It is also white. On a Chattanooga summer afternoon a dark commercial roof can run 150°F or hotter while a reflective TPO surface stays dramatically cooler. That difference goes straight to your rooftop HVAC units, which stop fighting a heat source directly above the conditioned space. On a warehouse or a big-box retail footprint that is real money every cooling season — and less runtime means less wear on equipment you would rather not replace.
TPO handles what commercial roofs here actually face: ponding after summer storms, thermal cycling across our temperature swings, foot traffic to rooftop equipment, and grease and chemical exposure near restaurant and industrial exhaust. It resists algae and will not support plant growth.
And it is a known quantity. Any competent commercial roofer in the country can service a TPO roof. You are not buying an orphan system.
New TPO installation
We install complete commercial TPO systems — not just the membrane.
Tear-off and deck work
The old roof comes off and the deck gets inspected. Anything deteriorated is repaired or replaced before a single roll goes down. Steel, concrete and wood decks all handled.
Insulation and cover board
This is where roofs are won. We build the thermal package your building actually needs, and we can build positive drainage with tapered insulation on a roof that currently ponds.
Membrane and attachment
Mechanically fastened, fully adhered or induction-welded, specified to your deck, building height and wind uplift requirements. 60 and 80 mil for buildings you intend to hold.
The details
Curbs, drains, scuppers, pipe penetrations, HVAC stands, edge metal, parapet flashings. The field sheet is the fast part. The details are where every leak you have ever had started.
Restoration — more roof without a tear-off
Plenty of commercial TPO roofs leak long before the membrane is finished. The field sheet is sound and the failures are concentrated at seams, flashings and penetrations.
When that is what we find — membrane intact, insulation dry — restoration is the better business decision by a wide margin. We repair and reinforce the failed details, prepare the surface properly, and coat the roof in silicone or acrylic to produce a new monolithic, fully reflective surface.
What that gets you: no tear-off, no landfill, no exposed deck, and a building that stays fully open and operating through the work. No shutting down a tenant, no tarping over inventory, no weather risk hanging over an open roof.
Surface preparation is the whole ballgame on a TPO restoration. Weathered TPO carries a chalky surface layer and factory release agents that will stop a coating from bonding. We clean it properly and run adhesion testing before committing to a system, rather than finding out in year two.
We check for moisture before recommending restoration. If the insulation is wet, coating it only seals the problem in — and we will tell you that instead of selling you a restoration that fails.
Buildings we roof
- Warehouses & distribution
- Manufacturing & industrial
- Retail & shopping centers
- Restaurants
- Churches
- Medical & dental
- Schools
- Office buildings
- Self-storage
- Apartment & multi-family
- Municipal & government
If it has a low-slope roof and a business operating under it, it is our work.
Warranties up to 25 years
25TPO systems are available with manufacturer warranties running from 10 up to 25 years, including no-dollar-limit coverage on qualifying assemblies.
The term you can get is driven by membrane thickness, the full assembly specified, and the installation meeting the manufacturer requirements — which is exactly why the details matter as much as they do. We spec the system to the warranty you want on the front end, rather than hoping it qualifies at the back end.
You will have the warranty terms in writing, with the assembly that earns them, before any work starts.
How we work with owners and property managers
- Free roof evaluation. We get on the roof, photograph conditions, cut moisture test squares where it matters, and give you a documented assessment of what you have — useful whether you are buying a roof this year or budgeting for one in three.
- Written scope and price before anything starts. No surprises and no change-order games.
- Our own crews, never subcontractors. The people on your roof are Foametix employees, trained on these systems, and they are the same crews on every job.
- Scheduled around your operations. Restorations keep the building fully open. Tear-offs are sequenced so you are never left with open deck overnight, and we work around tenant hours, loading docks and production schedules.
- Documentation you can file. Photos, scope, assembly and warranty paperwork — something that goes in the building file and makes sense to the next person who opens it.
Commercial TPO roofing FAQs
How long does a commercial TPO roof last?
Service life depends heavily on membrane thickness, installation quality and foot traffic. Thicker membrane and properly made details are what separate a roof that is tired at twelve years from one still performing at twenty-five.
Can you restore our existing TPO instead of replacing it?
Often, yes — when the membrane is sound and the insulation is dry. We verify both before recommending it.
Will TPO lower our cooling costs?
A reflective white roof reduces the heat load on rooftop units, and on large-footprint buildings with rooftop HVAC that shows up on the bill. How much depends on your building, your equipment and what is up there now.
Can you work around our operations?
Yes. Most of our commercial work is on occupied, operating buildings — warehouses mid-shift, restaurants, churches with weekend services, medical offices. We schedule around you.
Do you handle the insulation too?
Yes. Insulation and cover board are part of the system, and we build tapered packages for drainage where a roof needs it.
Do you work on PVC and EPDM?
Yes. PVC behaves similarly to TPO. EPDM is the black rubber roof on a lot of older Chattanooga commercial buildings and is usually a strong restoration candidate.
How far do you travel?
Chattanooga and 100 miles out.
Get a free roof evaluation
We will get on your roof, document what you have, and put a written price in your hands.
423-710-2529Commercial TPO roofing across Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. Chattanooga, Ooltewah, Hixson, East Ridge, Red Bank, Soddy-Daisy, Signal Mountain, Collegedale, Cleveland, Athens, Dayton, Ringgold, Fort Oglethorpe, Dalton and the surrounding area. Veteran-owned. Our own crews, never subcontractors, 17+ years in Chattanooga.