Roof coatings

SPF develops stress cracks too.especially when applied over steel decks.

Roofer girl Said: JET where are you located? I have some pretty good connections and can probably help you out with some manufacturer reps and info. Feel free to call me 719-250-1961

Near Orlando........drop me an email. (Comseal@aol.com)

JET

JET where are you located? I have some pretty good connections and can probably help you out with some manufacturer reps and info. Feel free to call me 719-250-1961

That's what you get for using single ply. Would never happen with CORRECTLY APPLIED SPF. :laugh:

We've got about two million square feet of Stevens TPO that is now showing stress cracks around skylights, etc. Talked to the ER rep and he's sending out some info for us to look at. Now that DOW is out of the single-ply business the Stevens issue is dead which is bad. I'm hoping my distributor will step up with some assistance but I'm not holding my breath.

JET

I have had roofers use coatings with great success and great failure. The trick is to choose the right coating for the job and while there is no "miracle in a can" fix. There are some great uses for coatings to extend the life of a marginal roof. In tough economic times with real estate prices down, it sometimes is impossible to get someone to buy a complete roof, but a good coating job might get a property sold. It can be a real win win for the right coating and the right job.

elmo Said: How many roofers out there wish they could find an easier way to make ends meet? Ive been in the roofing industry for 36 years and found myself struggling from year to year. Some years better then others, I got involve with elastromeric roof coatings a couple years ago. I choose to use Conklins coatings because of theyre quality and support that I received while I was getting started. This past year I focused on coating jobs and sighed away from my usual shingling jobs, the end results were great! I was able to make enough money to pay off a lot a bills and still have enough saved to take the winter entirely off. With the competition in the shingling world getting the way it is, it only made sense to advance into a new field of roofing. Conklin has systems to coat over EPDMs, Mod BITs, METAL, Smooth Built up,Concrete, Plywood, OSB, TPOs, PVCs and a sprayed in place foam roofing system. So you can see there is a wide verity of roofs to do. If any one is interested in more information about the coating industry please feel free to e-mail me or call, my phone number is 920-841-2314, My name is Elmer http://www.rooferscoffeeshop.com/rcs/users/elmo/

Coating is basically field fabricated rubber membrane. Now manufacturers are trying to say that this membrane fabricated on the field by humans using a roller under less than ideal weather conditions is going to be just as good as the rubber membrane fabricated in the factory under controlled temperature and humidity by the robotic machinery.

Coating flat roofs is a dumb idea.They are dirty , they can't be cleaned good enough for coating to stick .Coating material costs just as much as a fleeced back single ply.

"Dont know, but there should be a law against dead level roofs."

Funny you should mention that Fl. If you read the new Florida codes there is a law against dead flat roof Modernist architecture, A hint, Dead flat roofs are very sensitive to human traffic. B) ;) ;) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day

Vaa Fakaosifolau Said: looks like spam, i got an e-mail from a sara today, pushing the very same stuff, for dead level roofs. Obviously fishing the forums for contacts. Isnt there a RCS Law about that. :dry:

Don't know, but there should be a law against dead level roofs.

Hmmm, Conklin..............waaaaaay overpriced.

Thanks all :)

Firestone makes a coating for EPDM called AcryliCoat. We used it on a new installation at Gilda's Club in Pittsburgh. It is a 3 step process... clean, prime, coat.

Only leaks in winter?

Chances are best that it's condensation. Insulating the underside will create greater problems unless you have a 100% vapor barrier.