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Ways to Make Your Next Commercial Roofing Replacement Less Distracting For Building Tenants
By IKO. Commercial roofers frequently have to perform extensive work on occupied buildings. When you’re completing a lengthy roof replacement project, you likely can’t schedule the work for a time when the building will be empty 24/7. This means tenants will be on-site while you work. Most building owners and tenants understand that ...
Beacon Roofing Supply Enhances the Customer Experience with Expanded Digital Capabilities
Beacon Pro+ helps contractors increase efficiency, grow their business Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. today introduced enhancements to its ecommerce platform, Beacon Pro+. New features include automated order workflows, Beacon Track delivery notifications and a strategic integration with project management software, JobNimbus. “We are dedicated to helping our customers save time, managing their ...
Tearing Off the Band Aid
By DaVinci Roofscapes. Time and weather are not friends of real cedar shake roofs. Homeowner Pam Lariviere was reminded of this when she had to replace her cedar shingles with composite shake tiles from DaVinci Roofscapes. “We had to face facts,” says Lariviere. “The home was built in 1995 with a beautiful ...
Do your vent pipe extensions meet building code requirements?
TUBOS® are pre-fabricated plumbing vent pipe extensions. Tubos, patent pending, is the Fastest, Cheapest, and Strongest Method For Extending Your Roof Pipes...GUARANTEED. The Tubos system is a user friendly plumbing vent pipe extension to be installed at any location where the plumbing vent pipe height above the existing level of the ...
GREEN LINK Introduced New KnuckleHead Strut Design at AHR Expo in Atlanta
GREEN LINK Engineering unveiled its redesigned KnuckleHead Strut Support which provides improved performance and more visually appealing aesthetics at the AHR Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The new design features a sleeker look with ribs flanking each side of the head. It is more characteristic of ...
Malarkey Roofing Products® Offers New 3M™ Smog-reducing Granules to Roofing Shingle Lines
Malarkey Roofing Products®, the premier North American building materials manufacturer, in collaboration with 3M, is pleased to offer 3M™ Smog-reducing granules to roofing shingle lines for roofing contractors and building materials distributors across the United States and Canada. Beginning in Southwestern markets, Malarkey has now expanded the 3M™ Smog-reducing granule technology ...
Polyiso Insulation Thickness R-Value Chart: Understanding R-Value
What Does R-Value Mean? A higher R-value means that the insulation will do a better job of holding in conditioned air, whether that’s heat in the winter or cool air in the summer. It’s not about how much heat the insulation retains, but how slowly it allows heat to move through ...
How to Repair Leaks Under Water While it is Raining
By Chris Huettig, KARNAK. Stopping a leak when it is raining can be frustrating and challenging – unless you have the right emergency repair product. You’ve been there right? It’s been raining for days and you receive a frantic call from your customer that their roof is leaking. When you get up ...
Standard Industries Launches GAF Energy to Transform Rooftop Solar Industry
Leverages distribution and contractor network of the world's largest roofing and waterproofing manufacturer to accelerate installation of residential solar solutions across the U.S. Standard Industries, the world's largest roofing and waterproofing manufacturer, announced the launch of GAF Energy, a new company that aims to revolutionize the adoption of rooftop solar for ...
Condensation, Dew Point, and Roofing
By: James R. Kirby, AIA Prepared with Co-authors Thomas J. Taylor, PhD, and James Willits Changing the dew point and/or dew point location can lead to unwelcome condensation, and potentially result in damage. Except in extremely arid climates, there is always some amount of water vapor in the air around us. When that ...
