By Emma Peterson. Meet the 671 KARNA-Seal, the durable and watertight solution to your silicone repair struggles! Silicone roofs can be a challenge to repair, as many common products used to seal roofs do not adhere to silicone coatings. But you can apply additional silicone sealant to patch a leak. ...
By Jesse Sanchez. Textured coatings combine aesthetic appeal with durability for modern building design. In this episode of CoatingsCast, Megan Ellsworth hosts Amanda Paterline from AkzoNobel to discuss the growing popularity of textured coatings in metal roofing and sidewall applications. As the commercial marketing manager for AkzoNobel’s coil and extrusion ...
By Jesse Sanchez. A trusted name in roofing for nearly four decades. BITEC's roofing products are synonymous with durability and trust in the construction industry. Since its founding in 1986, the company has maintained its unwavering commitment to producing high-quality modified bitumen membranes, establishing itself as a go-to solution for ...
By Emma Peterson. Innovation might have put Polyglass on the map, but it’s their dedication to continuing to improve their products that has made them an industry leader. In this episode of Roofing Road Trips®, Karen Edwards sat down with Marco Sieber and Elliott Wood of Polyglass to talk about ...
By Jesse Sanchez. How modern coatings are transforming the roofing industry and offering long-term solutions. In this CoatingsTalk webinar, host Heidi J. Ellsworth sat down with Ed Klonowski, senior product manager at Gaco, to discuss the basics of liquid-applied roof coatings. For over 60 years, Gaco has pioneered solutions in ...
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 ...
By Dani Sheehan. With customized detail, FOUNDATION® construction accounting software tracks the actual costs and progress of all job activities against estimates and past performance to help you zero in on your profit margins. Job costing is the practice of tracking all expenses and labor associated with a specific project ...
By ICP Group. Learn how reflective roof coatings benefit structures in the short- and long-term. Roof restorations are popular for the savings they can offer in comparison to roof replacements. For building owners, homeowners and property managers looking into roof restoration, they will find that those savings happen both in ...
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 ...
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 ...