By MARCO. Let your homeowners know that metal is a roofing material durable enough to handle hurricanes, earthquakes and fire. As hurricane season rounds the corner and the weather continues to get crazier, now is as good a time as ever to remind your customers about the resilience of metal ...
Protect your home with Polyglass solutions for hurricane preparedness. It’s that time of year again in the Northern Hemisphere when building owners, contractors, and homeowners living along the Eastern Seaboard and coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico start wincing at the all-too-familiar phrase, “Hurricane Season.” June 1 to November 30 is ...
By DaVinci Roofscapes. Learn more about the WUI products and codes and how they apply to roofing. Nationwide wildfires are popping up in dry forest lands. Once thought of as restricted to just California, wildfires are now searing land across America. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, since January 1, 2022, there ...
By Rob White, GCP. How to help a roof stand up to the new norm of extreme weather. As extreme weather becomes increasingly more common, it is clear that we need to approach how we construct and repair buildings to match the new challenges Mother Nature presents. As ...
By Equipter. Don’t let rainy days put a damper on your roof installations. Find out how the Equipter helps roofers like you get jobs done faster after a storm. Any roofing contractor will tell you that roofing after the rain is a challenge. The rain makes the ground softer ...
By Metal Roofing Alliance. Protecting homes from harsh storms and tornadoes always starts with the roof! Summer weather isn’t always as pleasant as it seems! Although the summertime brings sunny days, it also tends to bring intense storms and sometimes tornadoes too. And with storm season, comes the unfortunately high ...
Metal roofs perform well in all kinds of climates, even humid ones. Here are a few common myths about indoor household humidity issues and the truth about how your clients can address them, according to the experts at the Metal Roofing Alliance (MRA): Myth 1 - Moist indoor air is mostly caused ...
By Gary Auman, MRCA. As OSHA declares a National Emphasis Program (NEP) for heat illness prevention, it’s important to check and bolster your heat prevention programs at construction sites. The summer heat is here, and it is not messing around. Heat waves are again setting record highs and the days ...
By MARCO Industries. Follow these tips to exercise extra caution in extreme temperatures as the weather gets hotter. MARCO works with enough roofers to know that the summertime heat is no joke. Even for the seasoned professional, the heat needs to be taken seriously, especially as normal temperature ...
By TAMKO. TAMKO’s new Titan XT premium architectural shingle perform is put to the test as the shingles outlasts a category one hurricane. During his 56 years in the roofing business, David Morgan has seen products come and go. Very few of them could hold up to the extreme conditions ...