Weather
5 Ways to Prepare a Roof for a Hurricane
By ICP Group. It is official, hurricane season is here! Have you prepared your homeowner’s roof? Hurricane season is amping up, with promises to be more unpredictable and intense than ever before. As a contractor, you know that hurricanes can cause major wind and water damage to the roof and ...
How to Find a Roofing Contractor After a Storm Hits
By Evelyn Witterholt. Here’s why you should stay wary of storm chasers and find a reputable contractor to fix your storm-damaged roof. Storm season is here and all across the country, people are seeing roof damage from rain and hailstorms. Because of the damage, you are likely looking for a reliable contractor ...
BluSky Restoration Announces Merger With Massachusetts-based Pro-Care Disaster Restoration Services
The combined company will operate 49 offices serving the U.S. coast to coast. On Thursday, BluSky Restoration Contractors, LLC, a leading national property restoration company in the U.S., announced a merger with Woburn, Massachusetts-based Pro-Care Disaster Restoration Services. The merged companies will continue as BluSky Restoration, operating 49 offices in 19 states ...
How to Prepare Your Customers for Disaster
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 ...
A Roofing Solution for the Atlantic Hurricane Season
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 ...
Understanding Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)
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 ...
3 Pieces of Advice on Waterproofing a Roof
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 ...
3 Ways to Overcome Rainy Days in the Roofing Industry
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 ...
Metal Roofs Weather the Storm
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 ...
Stop Sweating It: Dispelling 6 Myths About Household Humidity Problems
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 ...
