The popularity of roof coatings in the marketplace was already climbing when the post-pandemic shortages in roofing materials gripped the industry for roughly 18 months. During that time, facility owners looking to capitalize on the moment — and roofing contractors eager to keep their projects and businesses on track — turned to readily-available coating solutions.
While that presented a short-term boom for some roofers, some contractors are riding that wave of success back downward as supplies of other traditional roofing systems return to pre-pandemic levels — or are at least getting closer. Despite its slow retreat, inflation remains, and price volatility is also taking a toll, leaving much of the nation’s economic future uncertain.