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Metal Roofing and Siding: The Benefits are Endless
By ASC Building Products. Worry less about maintenance, extreme weather and more when you choose a metal roof. Not only is metal a more durable option overall than asphalt shingles and other roofing systems, but they offer additional protection against the elements. Metal roofing and siding are non-combustible and fire ...
The Trifecta of Benefits: Beauty, Durability and Sustainability
By Dani Sheehan. Steep-slope metal roofs are quickly gaining popularity in the industry. See how they can benefit your company, your customers and the environment. When deciding on a roof, several factors need to be considered. What material will be used? Will it be steep slope or low slope? Does ...
Unified Steel™ Cool Roof Color Collection Expands With Two New Popular Hues
Westlake Royal Roofing Solutions has just released two new Unified Steel™ Stone Coated Roofing cool rated colors. The two new hues, Harborwood and Stirling Gray, are each available in Unified Steel’s PINE-CREST Shake and PACIFIC Tile profiles and each provides a high Solar Reflective Index (SRI), helping to keep homes significantly ...
Women in Roofing Join Forces to Reroof Building of Homeless Nonprofit Organization
By Evelyn Witterholt. Bliss Roofing and National Women in Roofing teamed up to fix the roof of the Project Homeless Connect building in Washington. For National Roofing Week, Bliss Roofing and National Women in Roofing (NWiR) worked together on a reroofing project for the Project Homeless Connect building in Washington ...
Heat-deflecting Roof Will Reduce Heat Island Effect in New Orleans
By Dani Sheehan. Hoping to expand their sustainable mission to the community, the convention center in New Orleans, Louisiana is investing in a cool roofing system. The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana is the sixth largest convention center in the nation. In 2018 a roof replacement ...
Q&A – Should Roof Hips Have a Paper Underlayment?
Seeing shingles come off his roof from over driven nails, this homeowner wondered if there needed to be an underlayment beneath the shingles. Albert, a homeowner from North Carolina, asked the following question about their roof underlayment: I have had a lot of shingles come off a new roof ...
IRG is October's R-Club Roofer of the Month!
By Adam Cabrera. Michael Laird, with nearly two decades in the roofing industry, has been named October's Roofer of the Month. In this Roofer of the Month podcast episode, Megan Ellsworth spoke with Michael Laird, president of Innovative Roofing Group and the October roofer of the month. Together they talk ...
Top September Articles: Contractor Insights, Historical Restorations and TPO Roof Best Practices
By Anna Lockhart. Here’s what has been trending on the AskARoofer™ (AAR) newsroom this past month. September brought our readers a slew of interesting articles spanning various topics. Readers particularly enjoyed the question from a Georgia building owner about the safety of putting rocks on a TPO roof. Roofing ...
Keep Water off Your Roof! The Importance of Gutter Maintenance
Selecting and maintaining your gutter system is vital for roof water management. While gutters aren’t necessarily a part of the roofing system, they are a very important roofing accessory. The purpose of gutters is to get water off of your roof and divert it away from the house to protect your ...
A Rainbow on Your Roof
By Kate Smith, DaVinci Roofscapes. You’ve seen rainbows arch over the sky, dropping their colors on the earth. What if you could have a rainbow of color on your roof? If you have the right style home, a rainbow of color on your roof is not out of the question. Recently, David Wiley ...
