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Tobiasson was a building science researcher and adviser to the NRCA. He received the Roofing Alliance’s William C. Cullen Fellowship Award for research regarding venting steep-slope, compact roof systems.
The crane was lifting shingles to the steep roof of the two-story home when it toppled. The owners were not home and no one was injured but the roofing contractors faced a unique challenge — unlike any it had dealt with since the Orlando-Edgewater firm’s founding more than 40 years ago.
GAF recently announced an alliance with SLATOR, creator of a new safety device helping contractors to make the dangerous business of working on steep roofs safer and more efficient.
With changes to the IRC and IBC attic
ventilation codes coming in 2012 that will improve the performance of attics
installed with a ridge vent, the time is right to review the basics of the
ridge vent.
Use the right type of attic vent for the right project and roofing contractors can expect efficient performance and energy savings from the attic ventilation system. But sometimes roofing professionals become frustrated because they’re stuck in one of the following traps they’d be wiser to avoid.
