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Villa’s High-slope Roof Redirects Rainwater Into Reservoir
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. This Thailand villa makes a positive impact on the local water supply with its dramatic roof slope. The coast of East Bangkok, Thailand has been suffering from excess soil salinity, otherwise known as an increase in salt content of the ground’s soil. To combat ...
Back to School Just Got a Lot Cooler
By Cass Jacoby. White roofs were installed on Chelsea Public Schools to keep students cool and reduce energy costs. More and more schools are making greener choices with their buildings in an effort to reduce energy costs and better serve their communities. Among the schools that are making greener ...
Top October Stories: Drones, Fall Protection and Supply Chain Shortages
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop®(RCS) this past month. In looking at our most popular articles for the month of October, it’s no surprise that our visitors were most interested in the topics that are hot in the roofing industry – supply chain issues, technology ...
National Home Repair Nonprofit Rebrands as the Coalition for Home Repair
The agency's rebranding serves as a way to share best practices that restore communities and improve lives. Leaders in the world of nonprofit home repair announced the rebranding of ReFrame Association as the Coalition for Home Repair at its annual conference today. This marks a new chapter for this nonprofit that has ...
Veteran Known for Helping Other Veterans Receives Free Roof Replacement From Community
By Cass Jacoby. Vietnam veteran in Pennsylvania is gifted roof from his community. Walter Torres has lived in his Lansdale, Pennsylvania home since 1976. Walter fixed up his roof in 1995, but recently problems have begun to start with his roof again, and he wasn’t able to make ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® Releases Latest Roofing Industry Trends Report
This Trends Report focuses on the labor shortage and top business and contractor needs and challenges. RoofersCoffeeShop®, the award-winning place where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business, announces the release of its latest Roofing Industry Trends Report. This Trends Report, which gathered information throughout 2019 and 2020, ...
The Solar Roof That Makes Every Shingle a Solar Panel
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. New type of solar roof is backed by Tesla, the electric car maker, and looks like any other normal roof. Jake Hermeling is one of the first in Central Oregon to have a Tesla solar roof built on a house, but you would ...
Guardian Home Services is the October R-Club Roofer of the Month
By Colin Sheehan. This roofing company does the most for their customers and considers customer referrals to be the lifeblood of their business. RoofersCoffeeShop® is proud to award our October Roofer of the Month to Guardian Home Services located in Auburn, Washington. Owners Matt and Lori Swanson have a ...
Eight Days of Hope Fixes Homes for Families in Buffalo
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. The Christian organization completed over $1 million worth of repairs for families in the Buffalo Masten District. New York is known for having its fair share of tumultuous weather, which can lead to roof and home damages. It’s hard enough for some families to afford ...
Local Nonprofit and Roofing Contractors Replace Gutter Guards for Ohio Veteran
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. Korean War-era veteran Robert Snider is thanked for his service with brand new gutter guards. For Robert Snider, a Korean War-era veteran, cleaning the gutters on his roof had become more than just an inconvenient task. He was actually given medical orders not to do ...
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