Staying positive with your roof slope!

By Emma Peterson. 

Proper slope is key to a functional roof, learn how RoofSlope can help make sure it is correct, even after construction wraps. 

In this episode of CoatingsCast™, Jan Bagnall from APOC visited with Heidi J. Ellsworth to talk about achieving a positive slope on your roof and why it’s important. Jan got her start in the industry in 1976 working on the roof and later transitioned into product development. She explained a bit of her journey, “When I got in this industry, there was always a problem that I was trying to resolve. So, I invented this RoofSlope product.”  

The RoofSlope helps mitigate ponding on the roofs, which is detrimental both to the integrity of the roof and the surroundings due to the increase of environmental factors such as pests. RoofSlope itself is an auxiliary sloping compound that is applied to the roof after construction. It is designed to match existing roofing compositions. Jan explained in a bit more detail, “It's a water-based product. It's very simple, so it's very user friendly. There's no chemicals, no solvents or something in it. So, there's no harmful issues at all with the product.” 

Without RoofSlope, establishing a positive slope is a slow and painful process. Jan elaborated, “Let's say if you have a pond and it's one inch deep and it's four foot wide, you've got a high spot on each side of that pond and a low spot in the middle. So, you get a board and you can screed it across this four-foot pond and it displaces that water and moves it somewhere else.” Then you must deal with the next pond created.  

With RoofSlope, all you have to do is clean the surface and begin layering on the product until you achieve the positive slope you were looking for. Jan gave an example, “Let's say they have a one inch puddle and it's five foot by three foot and they screed it off. The next day you go back out there, you put some water on and see what it looks like. You still got a quarter of an inch puddle that you're not happy with. Put another coat on. You could put multiple coat applications.” 

Read the transcript, Listen to the podcast episode or Watch the webinar to learn more about RoofSlope and building draining systems into your roof.