Georgia Facade Restoration & Waterproofing Services
Restoring and protecting commercial building exteriors across Atlanta, Augusta and the rest of Georgia for more than 25 years.
Where Is Your Building?
We work throughout Georgia. Start with your nearest market, or request a quote for a property anywhere in the state.
Atlanta, GA
Fulton and DeKalb CountiesFacadeWaterproofingParking DecksRoof CoatingsHistoricLeak DetectionView Atlanta services →Augusta, GA
Richmond CountyFacadeWaterproofingParking DecksRoof CoatingsHistoricLeak DetectionView Augusta services →Anywhere Else In Georgia
We take commercial projects across the whole state, including Savannah, Columbus, Macon, Athens, Albany, Marietta, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Alpharetta, Warner Robins, Valdosta, Gainesville, Rome and Dalton.
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Commercial Facade Restoration And Waterproofing In Georgia
Presto Restoration restores and waterproofs the exteriors of large commercial buildings across Georgia, including Atlanta and Augusta. 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
- Atlanta and Augusta and surrounding areas across Georgia
- Building types
- Office and condominium towers, hotels, hospitals, university and government buildings, parking structures and historic landmarks
- What drives the work
- Heat and UV on south and west elevations, high rainfall, and one of the densest concentrations of structured parking in the Southeast
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 structures that take road salt every winter.
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.
GA
LOCAL CONDITIONS
Why Georgia Buildings Need Engineered Envelope Solutions
Heat, UV And Heavy Rainfall
Georgia is hard on the outward-facing materials of a building. South and west elevations take intense sun for most of the year, and UV is what breaks down sealants, coatings and membranes. The material does not fail evenly across the building, it fails on the sides that face the sun, which is why one elevation can be chalked and cracked while another still looks new.
Then the rain arrives in volume. Georgia gets around fifty inches a year in the northern half of the state, much of it in short heavy bursts. A joint that has hardened under a decade of sun has no movement left in it, so the first serious storm after that point is when the leaks start. The heat causes the damage and the rain reveals it.
Parking Decks And Plaza Decks
Atlanta has an unusual amount of structured parking, much of it built into and under occupied buildings rather than standing alone. A deck sitting over leased office or retail space is a roof as much as a floor, and when the traffic coating wears through, water carries chlorides and grit straight into the slab and then into the space below. Traffic coatings are consumable. They are meant to be recoated on a cycle, and a deck that has never been recoated since it opened is usually already repairing concrete instead of just resurfacing.
RECENT WORK
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QUESTIONS
Building Restoration In Georgia
Does Presto Restoration Work Throughout Georgia?
Yes. We work statewide. Atlanta and Augusta have their own service pages, and we take projects across the rest of the state including Savannah, Columbus, Macon, Athens, Marietta and Alpharetta. 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 Georgia?
Large commercial and institutional property: high-rise offices, hospitals and medical campuses, universities, hotels, condominium and multifamily towers, parking structures, government buildings and historic commercial buildings. Our work is above grade, meaning the building envelope from the plaza deck up. Plaza decks and parking structures are in scope.
Why Does One Side Of A Georgia Building Fail Before The Others?
Sun exposure. UV is what degrades sealant, elastomeric coatings and membrane, and the south and west elevations take several times the annual dose that the north face does. It is normal here to find a building whose west wall has chalked, cracked sealant while its north wall is still sound. Scoping the whole building off a survey of one elevation is one of the more common and expensive mistakes.
How Often Should A Georgia Parking Deck Be Recoated?
Traffic coatings are a wearing surface with a finite life, typically in the range of seven to ten years in drive lanes and longer in parking stalls, depending on the system and the traffic. Drive lanes, turns and ramps wear first. Once the coating is worn through to the concrete, water and chlorides reach the slab and the job changes from recoating to concrete repair, which costs several times as much.
When Is The Best Time Of Year To Schedule Exterior Restoration In Georgia?
Most of the year works. The practical constraint in Georgia is not cold, it is midsummer surface temperature, since several coating systems should not go onto a substrate baking in direct sun. Spring and autumn are the easiest windows, and winter work is usually possible with attention to minimum application temperatures. Investigation and scoping can happen any time.
How Long Has Presto Restoration Been Doing This Work?
More than 25 years. We specialize in facade restoration, waterproofing, caulking and coatings on large commercial buildings, which means the crew on an Atlanta high-rise has done that specific work rather than treating it as a sideline to general contracting.
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