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Stretch Your Brain With This CertainTeed Quiz
By Colin Sheehan. Learn something new with the CertainTeed Labor Study Quiz and receive valuable information at the end! The CertainTeed Labor Study Quiz provides labor tips throughout with advice about flashing details, crew communication, the truth behind misunderstandings, wasteful grey areas that can turn costly and much more! ...
Scholarship Program’s Goal is to Support the Future Generation of Construction and Roofing
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. $20,000 each year is awarded by SOPREMA® to students pursuing careers in the industry. SOPREMA® remains family owned after more than 100 years in the business, something that you don’t see very often anymore. Jennifer Kramer, SOPREMA senior content strategist shared, “Throughout its ...
SRS Announces 2021 IRE Concert
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner. The #1 Concert Fundraiser at the IRE is Back and it is BIG! RoofersCoffeeShop® is proud to share breaking news from SRS on their 2021 IRE Concert event. In a Roofing Road Trips with Heidi podcast, Dan Tinker, CEO of SRS shared, “We are very ...
Meet John Rowland, Answer Me This! Winner
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Each week someone wins a prize for answering a question, next week’s winner could be you! One of our most popular giveaways is sponsored by Gibraltar Building Accessories as part of their ‘Construction Solutions’ campaign designed to supply feedback from contractors to help ...
Roofing Contractors Respond to Damage From Derecho
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. After a derecho left a path of destruction in several midwestern states, roofing companies are helping repair and replace roofs. Derecho, meaning “straight” in Spanish, is a long-lived, powerful thunderstorm with straight-line winds that wreaks havoc on everything in its way. On August 10, 2020 a ...
Essential Craftsman Episode Features TAMKO Heritage Premium Shingles in Stunning Roof Installation
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Essential Craftsman demonstrates shingle application using TAMKO Heritage Premium Shingles. In their recent video, Essential Craftsman went through the process of shingle application using TAMKO Heritage Premium Shingles on the complex roof of their Oregon spec house. On their blog, TAMKO writes, “Both contractors and homeowners will find ...
Opportunities to Advance, Grow and Move are Constant at WTI
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. With a love of the outdoors and getting his hands dirty, Jimmy Coleman found his ideal position as a field foreman. Jimmy Coleman, the current WTI field foreman in Kentucky, got his start in roofing in 1993. He is now in his 18th season at WTI ...
Design Your Own Roofing Apprenticeship Program
By Merry Duggan, RCS Reporter. You can create a customized roofing apprenticeship plan that works for you. In a recent RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) article, roofing professionals were encouraged to take advantage of the labor availability created by the current COVID-19 pandemic. There are many young people unable to find work right ...
It’s Eco-Friendly, It’s High-Quality, It’s Ecotorch®!
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Designed with the environment in mind, Ecotorch® gives tires a new purpose and will result in fewer callbacks. The next generation of torch-applied SBS modified bitumen roofing membrane is here - Ecotorch®. The most environmentally friendly roofing material on the market, Ecotorch® gives discarded passenger tires ...
Taking Resilience Seriously
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Become FORTIFIED certified and ensure homes and buildings are built to withstand all that Mother Nature throws at them. On a 90-acre parcel of land in South Carolina is a state-of-the-art research facility complete with 105 fans that simulate wind speeds up to 130 mph and a ...
