The massive 420,000-square-foot roof atop Food Services of America’s (FSA) Woodburn, Ore., distribution center was falling apart. Seam failures on the ballasted roof were tearing as fast as 50 feet per week.
Cleveland-based Hy-Tech Products, widely recognized as the Midwest’s premier supplier of commercial roofing equipment, is staying on top of the industry by expanding its excellent customer service into the online world, through the redevelopment of its two Web sites - Hy-TechRoof.com and Hy-TechRoofDrains.com.
In a world that is constantly changing, Hapco Inc., distributor of some of the worlds finest, durable, versatile, and dependable heat tools and blowers, has met those changes head-on and proudly announces: “We’re BAK … Coast to coast.”
For more than 15 years, the Albuquerque Convention Center has been the home of major concert events and conventions in the heart of downtown Albuquerque, N.M. Built in the early 1990s, the east section of the building’s original roofing system was a 215,919-square-foot 60-mil fully adhered Firestone RubberGard EPDM system with a five-year warranty.
Saint Ann’s Catholic Church in Seal Beach, Calif., has been serving the faithful since 1921. Its beautiful copper dome tower has been watching over the community for 87 years. The base is over 40 feet in the air and only accessible by setting up a scaffold, therefore when the old roof develops a leak, particularly in the vicinity of the dome, it is not an easy repair to make.
A crew of about a dozen people installed about 6,000 feet of new roofing per day, using about 38 rolls of the GenFlex 0.060 EPDM after installing GenFlex polyiso insulation underneath. Ezold said the major challenge of this project was getting the ballast removed without the rest of the roof blowing off in the middle of the job.
CopperPlus copper clad stainless steel architectural materials provide the same classic beauty as solid copper, but with better performance characteristics, and at significantly lower cost. Visually indistinguishable from solid copper, CopperPlus is available in a range of gauges and widths for applications such as roof pan, rain drainage, flashing, trim and decorative components.
Lumberjack, carpenter, tool and die maker, Army veteran, swimming pool installer, pilot, and salesman … throughout his life, Duro-Last Roofing, Inc. founder John R. Burt wore these shoes and then some.
If you thought New York was all high-rises and doormen, you thought wrong. Brooklyn is doing things differently; the Bergen Beach section, near Mill Basin, is home to a 208-unit, private community complex on 6 acres. With a clubhouse, lap pool, fitness center, sauna, and private library, this private community is definitely not the norm.
White roofing membrane has reached its prime. Its popularity is increasing as its benefits are recognized not only by architects and roofing contractors, but also by local government officials.
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