Contractor Impressed that American Weatherstar Ure-A-Sil System Stands Up Against Texas Hailstorm

The building sustained heavy damage from the hail but the American WeatherStar roof system stood its ground against the hail.

On April 21, 2017, Plano Texas was slammed by a powerful hail storm that swept through the town at nearly 38 miles per hour, producing hailstones as large as two inches in diameter. The Enterprise Rent-A-Car office was hit hard with every car on their property being severely damaged with some being totaled by the storm.

The facility manager contacted Bobby Norrell of Galt Construction to evaluate the damage to the building. He noted that the vinyl siding on the north and west sides of the building had large holes in it and the metal fascia had dents that were three to four inches apart.

“After arriving on the property and seeing all the hail damage from the ground, I knew that the roof system had to be totaled out. When you show up to a property and the vinyl siding, gutters, signage, and metal roof panel canopies are totaled out, we in the industry instantly assume that the roofing system is gone,” stated Norrell.

After climbing onto the roof Norrell noticed visible damage. “It was obvious the roof system had sustained a lot of damage. Every vent was beat flat, the HVAC units had dents in the covers, and the edge metal was destroyed. It looked like someone took a hammer to all the metal on the roof. One thing I noticed was that there was no damage to the roof system.”

The roof system in place was an American WeatherStar Ure-A-Sil system. This was determined by the silver colored urethane base coat (AWS Aromatic Urethane 520) with the white silicone top coat (AWS Silicone 410).

After examining the roofing system, Norrell found several large indentions in the roof system. It was apparent that the underlying modified bitumen roofing system had sustained some damage, and even fractures into the insulation systems underneath.

However, the AWS system showed minimal damage. “I had to crawl around on my hands and knees and inspect every hit. After a couple hours, I was only able to find two locations where the silicone layer had been torn. Even then, the tears in the silicone layer were less than one centimeter in length and the urethane layer was unaffected.”

To his surprise, the AWS Ure-A-Sil system was virtually intact. “In the industry, we are constantly bombarded with coating manufacturers as a restoration system.  To date I have always been let down by the performances of the coating or restoration products. After seeing the American WeatherStar Ure-A-Sil systems performance, I believe I can now offer a product that not only performs as a restoration product, but can truly handle the tough environment that Texas dishes out,” he concluded.

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