Spray Foam Roofing in Cave Creek, AZ

Pricing a spray foam roof in Cave Creek

Typical totals from our price sheet for a 1,500 sq ft flat roof: about $7,125–$9,000 to foam over the existing roof ($4.75–$6 per square foot), or $4,800–$6,300 on new construction ($3.20–$4.20 per square foot). See every range on our pricing page.

What changes a foam quote up here:

• Total flat area and how many roof levels the house steps through
• Parapet height and length, since foam and coating run up the inside face
• Number and condition of scuppers and canales
• Whether the old built-up or foam roof is dry and sound enough to cover
• Wet insulation or rotted deck that has to be cut out first
• Coating color, or gravel instead
• Getting equipment close on a long or steep drive

For a quick range, try the instant estimator. Then let us walk the roof and look at how it drains.

Built-up roofs on Santa Fe homes, and what foam does over them

Real estate listings around town show it plainly. Territorial and Santa Fe homes from the 1990s on, along Spur Cross Road, inside Rancho Mañana and on ranch parcels, list built-up roofs, foam roofs, or both. Built-up roofing is layers of felt and asphalt. In the Cave Creek sun it dries, blisters and cracks, especially where it laps up a parapet.

When the old roof is dry and holding, we usually foam right over it. The foam sticks to what's there, fills low spots, and wraps the parapet and every penetration as one piece, so there's nothing to flash separately. That saves a tear-off and the debris it leaves on a desert lot. It also adds insulation over rooms that sit right below the deck.

Coatings, recoats and fire season

Bare foam breaks down in sunlight, so we finish it with an elastomeric coating or gravel. The coating is the wearing surface, and it's the part you keep up with periodic recoats. We'd rather show you the wear at an inspection than guess at a schedule. Keep the roof and scuppers clear of leaves and windblown brush, especially going into spring and early summer. After the 2020 Ocotillo and East Desert fires, the town's guidance asks residents to keep roofs and gutters free of debris, and a flat roof behind a parapet catches plenty of it.

Monsoon water on a flat roof

Cave Creek storms can dump a lot of rain fast. On a flat roof everything has to leave through the scuppers, so a clogged or undersized one turns the roof into a pond. Foam can be sprayed a little thicker in low spots so water keeps moving toward the openings, and the coating carries through the scupper so there's no raw edge. Why we never leave a roof exposed overnight explains how we handle the weather while a roof is open.

If your flat roof is blistered, holding water or leaking at a scupper, call (602) 799-6837. We'll come up to Cave Creek, check it over and tell you whether foam can go on top, free.

Pitched sections and other buildings on the property are covered too: Cave Creek tile roofs, asphalt shingle roofing in Cave Creek, and roofing for shops, barns and storefronts in Cave Creek.