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Metal Roofing Helps Homeowners Get Battle-Ready for 2018 Hurricane Season
By MRA. After last year’s devastating hurricane season, homeowners looking to better protect their home this year are increasingly turning to highly durable materials, including metal roofing. Experts say that’s a smart move, given the strong performance of metal roofs during severe storms. Many metal roofing systems can withstand winds in excess ...
Preparing for Storm Response Creates Jobs in the U.S.
By Stormseal. Stormseal’s expansion into the U.S. last year has also brought U.S.-based jobs related to the manufacture and installation of the revolutionary product. As roofing contractors are responding to storms and prepping for hurricane season across the country by ordering materials and training staff, they’re also creating jobs – especially if ...
Specifying Roof Underlayments for Extreme Temperatures
By GCP Applied Technologies. Metal roofs are becoming increasingly popular due to their longer lifecycles, superior protection and lower maintenance costs than traditional shingle roofs. In addition, unvented assemblies and insulated roof decks are becoming more common, as builders seek to improve energy efficiency. A key challenge for architects is to ensure ...
A Look at the Other Side of Storm Damage
By: Cara D'Angelo, CertainTeed. As part of CertainTeed's efforts to help Keep Craft Alive, they are talking to skilled-workers across the U.S. and Canada about how they got started in the field. Name: Danny Suster, CIMA Contractors LLC, a CertainTeed Gold Star Commercial Contractor Industry: Roofing Danny (right) and his brother Sam (left), began ...
CertainTeed’s ‘Oh Hail No!’ Sweepstakes
By CertainTeed. “Hail Alley,” a vertical stretch of land spanning the middle of the United States from Texas to the Dakotas, experiences the most frequent and severe hail storms in the country. Throughout the spring and summer, hailstones can pile so high on the streets that snow plows are needed to remove ...
What You Need to Know About Roofing in Winter
By Sara Smith, JobNimbus. Roofing in winter requires a lot more planning, compromise and precautions than other seasons, but it’s still possible and can be advantageous to your business. The trick is doing the job right and safely. So, before you take on the task, here are a few things you need ...
Long Before Disaster Hits, Building Codes Can Provide Damage Protection
By Justin Koshcer, PIMA. Acknowledging the value of improved building codes, FEMA is offering pre-disaster mitigation funding to states and jurisdictions that will incentivize owners to upgrade existing buildings to new standards. Aerial images of the Florida Panhandle in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael seem almost post-apocalyptic in their illustration of the ...
Steep Slope Focus—Keeping Homeowners Informed on Winter Roofing Threats
By Thomas Schoendorf for CRCA. Cold weather can lead to costly—and even deadly— hazards around a structure. As a roofing contractor, you’ve probably had to repair or even replace a roof for a client after a long, harsh winter. So often, that work could have been avoided. While it’s impossible to control the ...
Ice dams: How can they be prevented or managed?
By Gutter Helmet®. Icicles forming on roofs and gutters during winter may be pretty to look at, but they can be troublesome. The conditions that make ice dams possible can also indicate existing ice dams. Read on as one of the leading gutter guard companies, Gutter Helmet® of Eastern Shore explains why ...
Ice Dams Cometh: MRA Advises Homeowners on How to Avoid Costly Winter Damage
As Below-Zero Temperatures Strike, Leading Industry Alliance Says Rooftop Readiness Is Essential Baby, it’s cold outside and while up on the rooftop the reindeer may paw, if the home has ice dams, it could lead to unpleasant surprises this winter. Winter rooftop ice dams can cause major damage, wreak havoc on roof ...
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