If you’re a subscriber to Roofing Contractor magazine, the question is not whether or not you have a maintenance program in place — it’s whether your program is more successful than those of your competitors.
I’m no roofer or technical manager, but I often have the privilege of hanging around some of the best in the industry. Here are some of their tips for the initial stages of a TPO (thermoplastic polyolefin) single-ply roofing membrane installation.
While sustainability and “cool” roofing remain hot topics, the traditional role of roofs as one of the primary waterproofing systems for buildings remains the key focus for roofing contractors.
If steep-slope roofers think it’s tough selling three-tabs to a stingy couple in a bungalow home, then commercial roofers know the challenges of dealing with hardcore industrial clients.
You can answer this question yourself. Or even better, pose it to one of your low-slope roofing installers: What is the purpose of the plastic wrapping around pallets of polyiso, gypsum board and other roof insulations and coverboards?
The old cliché, “better safe than sorry,” has strong applications in the roofing industry. A recent example is the SPRI, RCI Foundation and National Roofing Contractors Association jointly funded evaluation of metal fasteners in contact with preservative treated wood.