Roof Hugger
Your Crash Course to Installing Metal Roofing on Existing Metal Roofs
By McElroy Metal. Popular methods of recovering metal roofs. Metal roofs are notorious for offering 50-plus years of service life, having one of the longest lifespans of any roofing material. However, just because these roofs are long lasting doesn’t mean that they don’t get replaced. Sometimes a roof needs ...
METALCON Announces Top Products Award Winners
This year’s exhibitors were invited to nominate their top metal products in one of 15 product categories. METALCON, the metal construction industry’s only global event for metal construction and design products, technologies and solutions, announces the METALCON Top Products Award winners. This year’s exhibitors were invited to nominate their top metal ...
Top 8 Questions About Metal Over Metal Retrofits Answered
By Dale Nelson, Roof Hugger, LLC. We answer your frequently asked questions about retrofitting older metal roofs. Over the years, we’ve seen a rise in popularity of retrofitting metal roofs on older buildings. Metal over metal retrofits are a solid option for restoring the roofs of older buildings without completely ...
Competitive Forces
By Dale Nelson, Roof Hugger. Learn how you can sell a metal-over-metal retrofit job over a coating job to your next customer. Every contractor has competition. So does every manufacturer and every installer. The best we can do is to try to keep the bidding as fair as possible. When you are ...
Top July Articles: Technology, Trade Shows and Metal Roofing
By Evelyn Witterholt. Here’s what’s been trending on RoofersCoffeeShop®(RCS) this past month. This last month has shown us that metal roofing is still a popular topic! Our second most popular article last month was announcing the launch of MetalCoffeeShop.com, our sister-site dedicated to everything metal. We also saw a rise ...
Top 8 Questions About Metal Over Metal Retrofits Answered
By Dale Nelson, Roof Hugger, LLC. We answer your frequently asked questions about retrofitting older metal roofs. Over the years, we’ve seen a rise in popularity of retrofitting metal roofs on older buildings. Metal over metal retrofits are a solid option for restoring the roofs of older buildings without completely ...
A Manufacturer’s Perspective on Timely Deliveries
MCS Influencer Dale Nelson says it helps manufacturers if their customers have a good understanding of the ordering process. Editor’s note: The following consists of a conversation between MCS’ Gina Cali and Roof Hugger President Dale Nelson. Gina Cali: How can contractors work with metal manufacturers for timely deliveries? Dale ...
Military Snaps to Attention
By Robert Scichili and Scott Kri, Retrofit Magazine. The U.S. Department of Defense tests metal roof technology integrating renewable energy and sustainability features. According to Washington, D.C.-based Energy Star, there are 4.8 million existing commercial buildings in the U.S. and 40 percent of them were built prior to 1970, a time when ...
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 ...
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 ...
