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Rooftop Ductwork Silicone Coating.

A silicone coating over your rooftop ductwork reflects New Mexico's brutal sun, seals every seam, and cuts the heat your AC has to fight all summer.

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Roofing work by Paramount Roofing in New Mexico

Overview

In New Mexico, rooftop HVAC ducts sit in full sun all day — metal that bakes hot enough to curl the paint off a car. That heat soaks into the cooled air moving through the ducts before it ever reaches a vent inside, so your air conditioner has to work harder to keep up. It's one of the most overlooked energy losses on a flat-roof building.

A silicone coating fixes both problems at once. It wraps every duct in a seamless, reflective skin that bounces the sun's heat instead of soaking it up, and it seals the seams and joints where cooled air quietly leaks out. It works on your existing ducts with no tear-out and no replacement, and it shields the metal from the sun and the constant heating-and-cooling that slowly destroys bare ductwork.

Part of a roof replacement

This is usually one piece of a larger project. We fold it into your residential roof replacement or commercial roofing so it’s scoped, scheduled, and warrantied as one job.

What’s involved

Clean and prep

We clean the ducts of dust, rust, and loose material so the silicone bonds to solid metal. Any rust is treated before we coat — sealing rust in place only puts off the problem.

Seal seams and joints

Seams, end caps, branch connections, and any place where sections meet are sealed with matching tape or sealant before the coating goes on. These are the spots where both heat and air get in or out.

Silicone base and top coat

We apply a reflective silicone coating in a base coat and a top coat over the whole duct, building a seamless skin. The finished coat is bright white, so it reflects the sun's heat instead of letting the duct soak it up.

Where ducts pass through and connect

Where ducts pass through curbs, connect to rooftop units, or turn a corner, we seal those spots separately to keep the coating unbroken and the seal complete.

FAQ

Common questions.

Will this actually lower my cooling bills?
It depends on how much bare duct you have in direct sun and how leaky the seams are, but for most flat-roof buildings in New Mexico the answer is yes. Rooftop ducts in full desert sun get hot enough to warm the air inside them well above the temperature it left your AC at — coated ducts stay much cooler, which means less re-heating of air your system already paid to cool.
Can you coat ductwork that is already in poor shape?
It depends on the condition. If the duct panels are still solid, we can clean them, treat the rust, and coat them. If sections are rusted through or badly damaged, we'll point that out before coating — sealing over a failing duct doesn't fix the duct. We'll tell you what we find before any work begins.

Planning a roof project? We handle this too.