Roofing
Commercial Roofing in Pearl, MS
Commercial Roofing for Pearl and Rankin County, with an owner on every job.
On the roof
Commercial Roofing in Pearl, MS
Pearl carries a lot of commercial roof for its size, because I-20 and US 80 run parallel to each other across the entire seven and a half mile width of the city. Retail, offices, churches and the Rankin and Metro Airport industrial parks all sit on that spine.
We install and repair EPDM, TPO and PVC. Jacob or Jordan runs the job with a superintendent on site, which is the part a property manager or an owner actually cares about.
Most of our work still comes from word of mouth. We set expectations up front, we do not over-promise, and nothing reaches your bill that you did not approve first.
Credentials
Licensed through the Mississippi State Board of Contractors, license 25203-MC. BBB accredited with an A+ rating since 2018. Home Builders Association and Rankin County Chamber members.
Pearl Commercial Roofs Are Named in the Federal Record
This is not a hypothetical here. In December 2010 a tornado carrying the highest winds recorded in Rankin County that day, 110 miles an hour in Pearl, damaged the roofs of a cinema and a supermarket and tore the roof completely off a car wash. In February 2008 an EF1 crossed Pearson Road and caused roof damage to several businesses before moving into the subdivisions beyond.
In September 2018, after several rounds of heavy rain in a short period, the roof of a building in the McLaurin Mart shopping center collapsed. That one was a water event rather than a wind event, which is the pattern worth paying attention to on a low-slope roof.
Detailing, Ponding and the Load You Cannot See
The field membrane is rarely the failure point. Low-slope assemblies fail at the transitions: penetrations, curbs, terminations, drains, and anywhere someone reached for sealant instead of a proper detail.
That is where our inspection starts and where the itemized quote spends most of its lines. A quote that prices the field cheaply and stays vague about the detailing is telling you where the corners will be cut.
Ponding deserves particular attention in a city with Pearl's rainfall record. Standing water is weight the roof was not designed to carry and it sits against details never meant to be submerged. Wet insulation underneath does not dry out on its own either, and a coating applied over it seals the problem in rather than solving it.
Architectural Review Reaches Commercial Work
Everything outside single-family R-1 zoning in Pearl is designated an architectural control district, so commercial work is squarely inside the review. The 2023 ordinance requires a roof description with the permit application: pitch, roofline, shape and design, and materials visible from every side.
The city's published design guidelines, which are written for commercial proposals, discourage mansard roofs and advise dark colors on exposed roofs rather than colors that attract attention. Those are guidelines rather than a code section, and the ordinance separately bars the board from imposing any specific architectural style, so the practical answer is to document the choice properly and not to guess at taste.
One distinction worth getting right, because it costs people money. Pearl's code discourages metal and metallic exterior siding and puts the burden on the applicant to justify it. That provision is about siding. It is not a restriction on metal roofing, and nothing we found restricts metal roofs.
Working Around a Building That Stays Open
Your tenants, customers or congregation still need the building. Tear-off and dry-in get sequenced so no section is left open overnight, and staging is planned around your access points rather than our convenience.
You get one quote with a schedule attached rather than a time and materials meter, plus photographs of the existing condition, the work in progress and the finished assembly. That trail is what an owner or a board needs when approving spend they have not personally climbed up to inspect.
On the job
Tear-Off to Finished Roof
Three frames from Dickerson jobs of this kind, in the order the work happens.
Photographs from Dickerson Contracting jobs. Project locations are not published, so no frame is presented as a particular street or city.
Get a Written Price on Your Pearl Commercial Roofing
Free inspection, and photographs you keep whether you hire us or not. Get Your Written Price Call 601-724-4282
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Common questions
Which membrane do you recommend?
It depends on the deck, the existing assembly, roof traffic and budget. We install EPDM, TPO and PVC and explain the tradeoffs for your building rather than defaulting to one product for everything.
Does architectural review apply to my commercial roof?
Everything outside single-family R-1 zoning in Pearl sits in an architectural control district, and the permit application requires a roof description covering pitch, roofline, shape and materials. We prepare that as part of the quote.
Does Pearl restrict metal roofing?
No. The code provision people point to discourages metal exterior siding, not metal roofing, and we found nothing restricting metal roofs. It is worth knowing before someone talks you out of a system on a misreading.
Can a low-slope roof be restored instead of replaced?
Sometimes. If the substrate is sound, a coating or restoration can buy real years. If the insulation is wet, restoration just seals the problem in. The inspection decides that.
Don't know where to start?
Call the office, or tell us about the job online and get one written quote.