Louisiana Facade Restoration & Waterproofing Services
Restoring and protecting commercial building exteriors across New Orleans, Baton Rouge and the rest of Louisiana for more than 25 years.
Where Is Your Building?
We work throughout Louisiana. Start with your nearest market, or request a quote for a property anywhere in the state.
New Orleans, LA
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East Baton Rouge ParishFacadeWaterproofingParking DecksRoof CoatingsHistoricLeak DetectionView Baton Rouge services →Anywhere Else In Louisiana
We take commercial projects across the whole state, including Shreveport, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Metairie, Kenner, Bossier City, Monroe, Alexandria, Houma, Slidell, New Iberia, Hammond, Ruston and Thibodaux.
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Commercial Facade Restoration And Waterproofing In Louisiana
Presto Restoration restores and waterproofs the exteriors of large commercial buildings across Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Work covers facade glass, metal and stone, commercial caulking and sealants, parking deck coatings, fluid-applied roofing, historic preservation and leak detection. Presto works above grade only, on multi-story commercial property, and does not take residential or small-scale projects.
- Service area
- New Orleans and Baton Rouge and surrounding areas across Louisiana
- Building types
- Office and condominium towers, hotels, hospitals, university and state government buildings, parking structures and historic landmarks
- What drives the work
- Year-round heat and humidity, some of the heaviest rainfall in the country, hurricane-force wind off the Gulf and salt air along the coast
STATEWIDE
Our Restoration Services
Facade RestorationMasonry repair, repointing, sealant replacement and coatings on brick, terra cotta, precast and curtain wall.
Commercial WaterproofingJoint sealants, wet glazing, water repellents and plaza deck systems that keep the envelope dry.
Parking Deck RestorationConcrete repair, traffic coatings and expansion joints on decks asked to shed enormous volumes of water year-round.
Commercial Roofing & CoatingsFluid-applied systems over single-ply, metal and modified bitumen, extending roof life without a tear-off.
Historic PreservationSubstrate-matched cleaning and repair for soft brick, limestone, cast stone and architectural metal.
Leak Detection & ConsultingControlled water testing, infrared thermography and invasive openings to find the actual source.
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LOCAL CONDITIONS
Why Louisiana Buildings Need Engineered Envelope Solutions
Humidity, Rainfall And Standing Water
Louisiana asks more of a building envelope than almost anywhere else in the country, and it asks it every month of the year. Annual rainfall across the southern parishes runs above sixty inches, humidity stays high enough that wall assemblies rarely get a chance to dry out, and the heat keeps sealants and coatings working near the top of their service range. A joint that would last fifteen years in a dry climate gives out well before that here, and the failure is quiet: water moves into the wall, finds its way along the structure and shows up on an interior finish a long way from where it got in.
The same conditions feed biological growth. Mold, mildew and algae take hold on north elevations, in shaded reveals and anywhere water sits, and what looks like a cleaning problem is usually telling you the wall is staying wet. Parking decks and plaza decks carry the other half of the load, because a deck in this climate is asked to shed enormous volumes of water, and once the traffic coating or the joint sealant gives up, that water goes straight into the slab and starts working on the reinforcing steel.
Hurricanes, Salt Air And Historic Review
Coastal Louisiana sits in one of the highest wind design zones in the United States, and the state has run a single statewide building code, the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code, since the rebuilding that followed the 2005 hurricane season. For an existing commercial building that matters in a practical way: high wind lifts roof edges, coping and flashing and sets them back down looking intact, stretches sealant joints past the point where they recover, and breaks the seal on glazing units, none of which leaks the day of the storm. Salt air along the coast adds a steady corrosion load on anchors, lintels, railings and window frames that inland buildings never see. And in New Orleans, exterior work carries a review step that catches owners out: anything visible on a French Quarter building goes through the Vieux Carre Commission, and the city's other local historic districts are reviewed by the Historic District Landmarks Commission, so material and detail decisions need to be settled before a crew mobilizes rather than after.
RECENT WORK
Louisiana Portfolio Highlights
QUESTIONS
Building Restoration In Louisiana
Does Presto Restoration Work Throughout Louisiana?
Yes. New Orleans and Baton Rouge have their own service pages, and we take commercial projects across the rest of the state including Shreveport, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, Alexandria and Houma. We don't have a true HQ, so crews are assembled around the project rather than dispatched from one fixed location.
What Kinds Of Buildings Does Presto Work On In Louisiana?
Large commercial and institutional property: high-rise offices, hotels, hospitals and medical buildings, universities, state and parish government buildings, condominium and multifamily towers, parking structures and historic commercial buildings. Our work is above grade, meaning the building envelope from the plaza deck up. Plaza decks, parking structures and elevated walkways are in scope.
Why Do Louisiana Buildings Have So Much Trouble With Moisture?
Three things at once. Rainfall across the southern parishes runs above sixty inches a year, humidity stays high enough that a wall assembly rarely dries out between events, and year-round heat keeps sealants and coatings working near the top of their service temperature. Sealant that is expected to last fifteen years in a dry climate does not get there here. The visible result is often mold, mildew or algae on a shaded elevation, which is a symptom rather than the problem: it means the wall is staying wet.
Our Building Came Through A Hurricane Looking Fine. Should We Still Have It Checked?
Usually yes, and the reason is that the expensive storm damage is often the damage you cannot see from the ground. High winds lift roof edges, coping and flashing and set them back down looking intact, stretch sealant joints past the point where they can recover, and break the seal on glazing units. None of that leaks the day of the storm. It leaks in an ordinary rain some months later, by which time water has been moving inside the wall for a while.
Do We Need Historic Approval For Exterior Work In New Orleans?
Often, yes. Exterior work that is visible on a building in the French Quarter goes through the Vieux Carre Commission, and the city's other local historic districts are reviewed by the Historic District Landmarks Commission. It is worth settling material, color and detail questions during scoping rather than after a crew has mobilized, because a review cycle in the middle of a project is far more expensive than the same conversation held early.
When Is The Best Time Of Year To Schedule Exterior Restoration In Louisiana?
The season is long here compared with northern states, because temperature rarely shuts work down. The real constraints are rain, humidity and hurricane season, which runs from June through November. Many owners aim production at the drier stretch from late autumn into spring and use the summer for investigation, engineering and scoping. Starting the investigation early is what makes a full production season possible rather than losing part of it to scoping.
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