Fall is a time to enjoy the seasons of color and change. Crunchy leaves and cooler temperatures can slow things down from September’s rush and give us time to think about nestling down our homes for the winter. Here in North Carolina, fall is a great time to re-roof. As...
Roofing, just like technology, is following Moore’s Law which addresses the ever-increasing speed of change and advancement. We are seeing a rapid succession of product developments, and the inclusion of technology in such roofing areas as measuring, marketing, estimating, visualizing, and sales. These are exciting times Back in 1996, well-known futurist...
Roofing warranties are a funny thing. If you buy a new car and get a 3-year warranty, you fully expect to have a functional, good looking car at the end of three years – not a rusted bucket of bolts. If you buy that new flat screen television and get...
When you begin researching different roofing materials, you will discover that roofs can be very heavy or they can be very low weight. The difference can be like parking three fully loaded dump trucks on top of your home, or half of a Mini Cooper. Depending upon the type of material...
Is every vertical seam a standing seam roof? The answer is no! Recent years have seen dramatic increase in the residential use of metal roofing. In fact, probably no single product class has seen greater growth in its use on homes than has metal roofing over the past ten or...
In the last two metal roof posts, we have looked at the reflective pigments used in some metal roof coatings and also the airspace between the metal and your home's framing which can be achieved with some metal roofs. Both the reflective pigments and the airspace as a thermal break...
In our last blog post, we began to explore how aluminum roofs keep homes naturally cooler in hot weather. In fact, homeowners often report energy savings of 20% and even more after their Classic Metal Roof is installed. In the previous blog post, we focused on the reflective pigments used in...
