Guest Blog
Great Cover Up: MRA Advocates for Smarter Re-Roofing Strategies to Reduce Landfill Waste This Season
In the U.S. and Canada, homeowners are gearing up for spring and summer exterior home improvement projects, including re-roofing their homes. This is also a time when a massive amount of waste is created, due to the removal and disposal of old asphalt roof shingles. As the most common type ...
Hail Damage Causes Higher Insurance and Repair Costs
By Tilcor Roofing Systems. A stone coated steel roof can help prevent repeat claims, increased insurance premiums, and costly repairs. Severe weather causes billions of dollars in damage to homes each year. States like Texas and Colorado get hit so often homeowners now face higher insurance rates and repair costs, especially ...
H-2B Visas and Visa Cap Information for the 2020 Season
By Southeast Contracting. The H-2B Visa Program has been active since 1986 and it was created to cover the lack of workers in the U.S. for industries that require temporary unskilled workers in their busiest seasons. This program's evolution has impacted the roofing industry through the years. During the recession of 2009-2010, ...
Retrofitting Roofs with Existing Solar Arrays
By Western Colloid. The advancements in solar efficiencies and lowering costs mean that more owners are performing solar retrofits. Coupled with rising energy costs, green energy incentives and an increasing number of municipal ordinances, many building owners and operators have performed solar retrofitting on their facility, with great success. Out of Sync Modern solar ...
Stressful Roofing Job?
By Marco Industries. It might not be as bad as you think. We’ve all had that one job that was nothing but trouble. It could be weather delays, problems with installation or manpower, or even the homeowner or building owner being incredibly hard to deal with. No matter what the situation, that ...
Top 3 Challenges Roofing Companies Face
By Sarah Smith, JobNimbus. Roofing can be a tough job, but it’s also very fulfilling and has high rewards. Like all companies, roofing companies face challenges on the daily. After all, it’s not exactly the easiest job to handle. But when you stick it out to the end of a tough situation, ...
Saying Yes Has Made All the Difference
By Cynthia Lang, SRS. How Michael Fisher ended up running at $18 million distribution branch at age 23. I sat down with Michael Fisher just before he played in the Arizona Roofing Industry Foundation Golf Tournament at the beautiful Arizona Biltmore Golf Club today. It’s a workday and this is part ...
Staying Healthy on the Road – Part 2
By Amie L. Grant, Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. Road warrior roofers share how they stay hydrated and fit when they are traveling. In part one of this two-part article the team at WTI shared their tips for healthy sleeping and eating while traveling for work. In part two, we hear from more team ...
7 Community Health and Wellness Home Remedies for Cough and Flu in Florida
By Drew Calloway Editors note: please see live updates to this blog on Callaway Roofing's website. Community health and wellness; passed on home remedies for cough and stuffy nose and dealing with seasonal things like colds and the variants of flu in Florida should be something that is, in our opinion, passed ...
A Night at the Rose Bowl with General Coatings and Universal Polymers Corp.
By General Coatings. A customer appreciation dinner with networking and beyond! What better way to reconnect with friends in the industry, customers, and beyond than a trade show? On February 13-14, the Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance brought everyone together in Pasadena, California to do just that, at their annual Spray Foam Show. ...
