Emma Peterson, Senior Content Developer
Stepping into solar
By Emma Peterson. Check out three ways that contractors can get involved in the rising solar industry and expand their businesses. Solar power is growing as a popular choice in both residential and commercial applications and presents a valuable market for contractors. In an interview, Pete Cleveland, vice president of ...
Give your roof a routine physical
By Emma Peterson. Even if we're not ill, we attend yearly physicals to catch any issues early. This principle of proactive care rather than reactive can also be applied to roofs. Maintenance is a part of life, from making sure your car oil gets changed every 5,000 miles to trimming ...
The basics of low-slope roofing
By Emma Peterson. A low-slope roof is like an open-faced sandwich. Here’s why! Low-slope roofing, which is also often called commercial (though not all commercial buildings have low-slope roofs) and flat (even though this is a bit of a misnomer), can be a confusing world from the outside. That’s ...
Building a cooler future
By Emma Peterson. With the launch of a new educational campaign, the United States Cool Surfaces Deployment Project aims to accelerate the use of cool roofs and walls. In 2022, a team came together, hailing from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Arizona State University, the ...
Give your roof a routine physical
By Emma Peterson. Even if we're not ill, we attend yearly physicals to catch any issues early. This principle of proactive care rather than reactive can also be applied to roofs. Maintenance is a part of life, from making sure your car oil gets changed every 5,000 miles to trimming ...
Roof coatings go global
By Emma Peterson. Learn how coatings have grown from being a too often forgotten part of the industry to the global market standard they are today. Coatings are a huge area of growth in the roofing industry due to the benefits they offer both contractors and building owners. But they ...
Giving contractors the resources they need
By Emma Peterson. TRA Snow and Sun’s new products and resources help contractors provide home and building owners with strong, safe snow solutions! While at the 2024 Western Roofing Expo (WRE), The Coffee Shops™ got the chance to chat with our friends Ben Anderson and Mindy Dahlquist from TRA Snow ...
Minimize risk by minimizing moisture
By Emma Peterson. Learn about how SlopeShield Plus SA makes moisture management and surface protection in mass timber construction a breeze. Mass timber construction is when large, engineered wood products such as CLT, Glulam and LVL are utilized, is growing in popularity for a variety of reasons. This includes ...
Is it time for a commercial roof repair or replacement?
By Emma Peterson. Learn how to assess whether it will be more effective for a customer to repair a roof, or if it’s ready to be replaced. When you are brought on to work on a commercial roof that is damaged, the first thing that should be done is conduct ...
Innovating the future
By Emma Peterson. Learn about how product and equipment design helps mitigate the ongoing labor shortage. If you’re a part of or know anyone in the professional trades, whether it be contracting or roofing or plumbing, you’ve probably heard the phrase “labor shortage” before. This is because the lack of ...
