Commercial Project Types

Hotel & Hospitality Roofing in Asheville, NC

Roof replacement, recover, and repair for Asheville hotels, from downtown boutique properties to the Tunnel Road corridor, phased to protect occupancy and guests.

Roofing for Asheville's Hotel and Lodging Portfolio

Asheville's lodging stock runs from downtown boutique properties near Pack Square to the motel row along Tunnel Road and the newer builds around Biltmore Village. We work on all of it, and we plan every project around one constraint that dominates hospitality roofing: guests are on the other side of that roof deck, and the general manager's occupancy numbers do not pause for construction.

Working a Schedule Set Around Guests, Not the Crew

A hotel reroof has to fit inside the property's calendar, not the other way around. We build the schedule around group bookings, wedding blocks, and conference weeks, and we sequence tear-off by wing or by floor so housekeeping and front desk operations keep running underneath us. Loud demolition gets pushed to hours the GM signs off on, and staging areas get fenced away from guest walkways and pool decks.

Dust and odor control matter as much as weather protection here. Torch-applied modified bitumen and hot asphalt built-up systems both carry odor that travels into HVAC intakes and open windows, so on occupied properties we lean toward cold-applied and mechanically attached systems wherever the specification allows it, and we coordinate makeup-air shutdowns with engineering before any odor-producing work starts.

Downtown Parapets and Historic Facade Tie-Ins

Properties like the brick mid-rises near Battery Park Avenue and the converted industrial buildings around Broadway and South Market Street were not built as hotels first. Their parapets, cornices, and stepped rooflines were designed for a different use, and tying a new low-slope membrane into century-old brick without trapping moisture behind the wall takes custom flashing details, not a standard parapet cap out of a manufacturer's binder.

Biltmore Village's lodging cluster near the estate's entrance gates presents the opposite problem: newer construction, but a dense site with tight setbacks, limited crane access, and neighboring retail roofs that share drainage. We map utility penetrations and drain tie-ins before mobilizing so we are not discovering conflicts mid-project.

The Tunnel Road and Airport Corridor Motels

The extended-stay and highway-brand motels along Tunnel Road and out toward the airport corridor tend to carry older EPDM or built-up systems that have gone brittle after repeated freeze-thaw cycles at this elevation. Mountain winters put these membranes through more expansion and contraction than a coastal property sees, and seams that were fine ten years ago start opening at the laps first. We inspect seam integrity before recommending recover versus full tear-off, since a recover over a failing deck just relocates the leak.

These properties also run tight on budget per key, so we scope alternates into the bid package: a base bid for full replacement and a deduct alternate for a coated recover system where the deck substrate still tests sound.

Mechanical Penthouses, Pool Decks, and Kitchen Exhaust

Hospitality roofs carry more rooftop equipment per square foot than almost any other building type. Laundry exhaust, kitchen hood curbs, pool dehumidification units, and guest-room package units all penetrate the same membrane, often installed at different times by different trades. We catalog every curb and flashing detail during the walk so nothing gets missed in the submittal, and we replace deteriorated curb flashing as part of the base scope rather than flagging it as a change order once the roof is open.

Torch-down and cold-applied modified bitumen for occupied-building phasing
TPO and PVC over ballroom and meeting-space low-slope sections
Parapet and coping repair on brick and stone facade tie-ins
Kitchen exhaust and laundry curb replacement and re-flashing
Pool deck and mechanical penthouse waterproofing
Emergency tarp and dry-in response for storm-damaged properties still operating

Bid Packages, Ownership Groups, and Brand Compliance Sign-Off

Most of the hotels we bid are owned by a management company or ownership group that is not on site day to day, which means the submittal package has to do the talking. We put together product data sheets, warranty terms, and a phasing narrative that a regional director of engineering can approve without a site visit, and we build in the documentation a brand's capital-improvement reviewer typically wants before releasing funds.

General contractors on new hospitality construction bring us in early enough to coordinate roof-mounted mechanical layout with the MEP set, since a rooftop unit placed without the roofer's input usually means a curb retrofit later.

Helene, Wind-Driven Rain, and Insurance Documentation

The 2024 storm hit Asheville's hospitality sector hard, and a lot of properties are still working through insurance claims for wind-driven rain intrusion at parapet caps and window-to-roof transitions that held for years and then failed under sustained wind. We document existing conditions with photos and moisture scans before opening a roof, so ownership has a clear record of pre-existing versus storm-caused damage to hand to an adjuster. We do not promise claim outcomes; we provide the documentation that supports the claim your insurance team is already building.

What Hotel Owners and GMs Ask Us

Can you reroof a wing while the rest of the property stays open?

Yes, and it is how most of our hospitality work happens. We isolate the active wing with containment, run a separate access route for materials, and coordinate noise windows with the front desk so booked guests are not surprised by a jackhammer at 8 a.m.

How do you handle odor from hot work near guest rooms?

We favor cold-applied and mechanically attached systems on occupied floors and coordinate with engineering to shut down or redirect fresh-air intakes during any unavoidable hot work.

Do you work with our brand's capital improvement approval process?

We build submittals to match what a regional engineering reviewer expects to see: product data, warranty terms, and a phasing plan, so the approval does not stall waiting on paperwork from us.

What is the biggest recurring problem on Tunnel Road corridor properties?

Seam failure on older EPDM from years of mountain freeze-thaw cycling. We check seam adhesion across the whole roof before recommending a recover instead of a full tear-off.

Can you help with storm damage documentation for an insurance claim?

We photograph and scan existing conditions before starting repair work and provide a written record ownership can pass to their adjuster or restoration consultant.