Metal Roofing
Taking Metal to the Beach
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Corynn Sheridan and Tara Faulkner explain how this groundbreaking new film provides protection from coastal elements eroding metal roofs. In Season 4, Episode 15 of Roofing Road Trips, Heidi J. Ellsworth sits with Corynn Sheridan, the global marketing director at DuPont Tedlar and Tara ...
This Solar Solution is Perfect for Your Metal Roof
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. Meet S-5!’s PVKIT ®, an easy-to-install direct-attach™, solar solution for metal roofs without the need for rails. If you’re looking for a solution that mounts solar photovoltaics (PV) directly to your metal roof without the use of rail, then look no further! The PVKIT from S-5! can ...
Archetto Construction, Inc. Makes it Look Easy
By Roof Hugger. Roof Hugger helps complete roof install in under a month. Location: Millville, New Jersey Square footage: 40,500 Old roof: 26 GA PBR with 1:12 Roof Pitch Archetto Construction, Inc. of Vineland, New Jersey completed the project in March 2011. A new 24 GA ...
DuPont™ Tedlar® Joins MCA!
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Tedlar® PVF film brings excellent value to the metal market, which is why DuPont has joined the Metal Construction Association to take metal to more places than ever before. It was only a matter of time before DuPont™, inventors of PVDF and makers of Tedlar® ...
Beat the Summer Slide With MCA’s Summer Meeting
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. The MCA Summer Meeting is taking place June 13 - 15, 2022 in Rosemont, Illinois. Will you be there? Summer might be go-time for the roofing industry, but winter is an invaluable time when roofers develop their skills and focus on educating themselves. The ...
ATAS Announces Project of the Year Award Winners
Award winners were announced by ATAS for their 2021 Project of the Year competition. Each award recognized projects in which ATAS products have been incorporated into the design and construction of the building. Six project categories were included in the competition: commercial roofs, commercial walls, residential roofs, residential walls, sustainable ...
Case Study: Metal Lamination
By DuPont Tedlar. This Japan Railway covered stairway at Komoro Station in Nagano, Japan is made with roof tiles specially shaped by press machines and manufactured by Nippon Steel. See DuPont™ Tedlar® in action with this railway structure that chose DuPont™ Tedlar® to protect and maintain the beauty ...
How are Metal Roofs Made?
By Mark Gallant, DECRA Metal Roofing. Learn why DECRA metal roofs are so durable and long-lasting. Metal roofs are among the most popular of roofing materials on the market due to their many benefits, but what are they made out of? Besides the obvious answer (metal), much more goes into ...
DuPont™ Tedlar® Joins the Metal Construction Association
DuPont (NYSE:DD) announced that its Tedlar® business become a member of the Metal Construction Association (MCA). DuPont (NYSE:DD) announced that its Tedlar® business become a member of the Metal Construction Association (MCA). The MCA is an organization of manufacturers and suppliers whose metal products are used in structures throughout the world. ...
Solar Mounting is Going Off the Rails
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Learn the advantages of rail-less solar mounting and discover why homeowners and contractors alike are choosing to mount directly to their metal roofs. Rails have been the conventional choice when it comes to attaching solar modules to metal rooftops. When interest in mounting solar PV ...
