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Join the Countdown to the International Roofing Expo (IRE)
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. RCS Countdown page will help you plan your activities for the 2020 IRE in Dallas. RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) is so excited to reconnect with old friends and make new ones at the IRE set for February 4 – 6, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. To help you make ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® Sponsors International Roofing Expo® First-time Attendees Reception
RoofersCoffeeShop (RCS) encourages all roofing professionals to attend the International Roofing Expo. RoofersCoffeeShop®, the award-winning place where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business, is proud to sponsor the First-Time Attendee Reception, Monday, February 3, 2020 from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center ...
Female-led Training Team to Teach Hands-on Repair Class at NWIR Day
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Six women from GAF have teamed up to teach other women how to make roof repairs. Deidra Johnson is a Center for the Advancement of Roofing Excellence (CARE) Regional Training Manager at GAF serving Texas and the Ozarks. At NWIR Day, she will be using her ...
But Will it Leak? An Interesting Look at Installing a New Tesla Roof
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. California homeowner Kyle Field’s house burned in 2017 and for the rebuild, he knew that he wanted to install Tesla’s Solarglass Roof. To start the process, Kyle made a $1,000 deposit to reserve the roof and was excited to learn that he had been accepted into ...
Recycled Throw-away Plastics Build Homes
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. A Kenyan scientist has taken recycling to a whole new level. In Kenya, Hope Mwanake, an environmental scientist, has found a way to convert plastic and glass waste into roof tiles and other construction materials. Kenya is facing a plastic pollution crisis. In Gilgil, one of ...
New Roof Gifted to Man in Need
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. The 90-year-old home received a free, new roof, just in time for the holidays. In Lowell, North Carolina, Kenny White still lives in the home where he grew up. Shortly after he was born, his grandparents adopted him. Kenny told the Gaston Gazette, “My parents didn’t ...
OLD HOME WEEK - RCS FORUM
We are asking for old, new and future forum contributors to check in with us in the RoofersCoffeeShop.com Forum. Visit us online January 20th to the 26th! We are sure that like most of us in this industry we have met a lot of our friends on a roof or ...
Roofer Tricks Woman Into Accepting Free Roof Repair
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. A company raffle grants a grandmother of four with a new roof. The roof on Jeanette MacDonald’s home in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia continued to deteriorate. Jeremy Locke, the owner of Locke’s Roofing and Construction, noticed her roof and knew she needed a new one. ...
Woman Battling Stage 4 Cancer Gets Christmas Miracle
Woman was chosen out of 1,000 applicants for the donation. Leontyne Williamson and her family have lived in the Orlando area for generations. Battling Stage 4 Cancer, she is living in her Grandmother’s home - the same Grandmother who she cared for who also had cancer. With a history of cancer ...
Small, Minority- and Women-Owned Construction Businesses Supported in Tacoma
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Tacoma Public Schools has found a way to encourage inclusivity in the construction industry. “I started this company as a single mom with a 13-week-old baby and a 6-year-old. I didn’t have the opportunity to fail. I jumped in full force. And haven’t regretted it since,” ...
