Driven to reduce energy costs and make long-term improvements to their homes, more homeowners than ever are installing durable and environmentally friendly metal roofing systems. According to new statistics from McGraw-Hill Construction Research and Analytics«, the number of homes with metal roofs has more than tripled over the past decade, moving metal from 3% of the overall U.S. market to 10%.

Although metal may initially seem an unlikely choice for cooling, recent advances are allowing metal to shed its ?cat on a hot tin roof? image. ?

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Has any property manager ever come to work and wondered, ?How will I fill up all this spare time?? St. Louis is a vibrant and pulsing commercial hub, and its continually changing weather takes a toll on industrial and commercial buildings. The kind of industrial roof maintenance St. Louis property managers would like to do is often far more than what time, budgets or staffing allows. Here are four simple strategies to make industrial roof maintenance easy.

Use a Calendar

Stay on top of REGULAR INSPECTIONS and routine maintenance by using a calendar to remind yourself of semiannual appointments. Stay in touch with your local commercial roofer so you and your roofer know when to plan inspection visits, schedule follow-up repairs, or strategize for industrial roof replacement.

Do not overlook the seasons. Fall and spring are ideal times for semiannual inspections, while summer is optimum for extensive repairs. Have a plan in place for snow removal for winter, too.

Find Your Warranties

Whose office files are flawless? Certainly not ours at Timberline MN Roofing, but we highly recommend prioritizing valuable papers. Rooftop warranties are important for your records. Because you partner with a strong, local commercial roofer, you have evidence that PROPER INDUSTRIAL ROOF MAINTENANCE has been ongoing on your St. Louis property. This helps keep your manufacturer?s warranty in force. Many industrial roofing manufacturers warrant not only their product, but installation, too.

Keep a Roof Log Book

In the same file drawer where you store your warranties, keep a running log book of who visits your roof, for what purpose and where they worked. Feet and roofs are not compatible, so knowing the HVAC repair technician was working on the northeast corner for two days can help alert you to potential problem spots emerging from that work.

Keep Drains Clear

With due regard for crew safety, regularly dispatch workers to your industrial roof to keep internal and scupper drains clear. This can prevent:

• aPonding
• aInsulation compression
• aWater infiltration
• aVegetation
• aPest invasion

Ensure your crew is conscious of the potential for rooftop damage from their own work boots, but do make regular industrial roof maintenance part of your weekly routine.
Timberline MN Roofing is proud to serve the greater St. Louis area, and to provide a wide range of roofing services for commercial and industrial building owners.aPLEASE CONTACT USaif you need inspection, consultation, roof replacement or annual maintenance.

Many of the innovations used in commercial roofing today trace their roots to the late 1930s in the early days of World War II.

Around that time, the Japanese invaded Indonesia and Southeast Asia, and cut off American supply to the natural latex rubber plants there. Those plants served as valuable feedstock to U.S. rubber manufacturers, which were using half the worlds supply of natural rubber; most of it from Southeast Asia.

Losing access to this critical commodity during the war could have crippled our military, which relied on it for vehicle, airplane and tank tires, as well as on battleships, footwear and other equipment.

In response, the American government enlisted the help of the nations rubber industry and top research institutions to quickly develop a general-purpose synthetic rubber on a commercial scale. And fast.

What ultimately resulted, according to the American Chemical Society, was not only a high-quality, highly versatile GR-S rubber (Government Rubber Styrene) that solved the militarys timely challenge, but also a flood of new knowledge about the polymerization process, production, efficiency and quality control, and a better overall understanding of the chemical structure of rubber.

Where the Rubber Meets the Roof

The possibilities post-war with this new, synthetic rubber were destined for wide appeal, and in particular, within the roofing industry. Through the use of polymers, our industry would be able to vastly improve the waterproofing and wear characteristics of roofs; and innovation ultimately followed.

Different manufacturers took polymers in different directions, and we saw roof systems like TPO, PVC and EPDM develop. Each were more advanced, and safer, than the commonly used coal tar and asphalt roofing systems, but each also had their kryptonite, so to speak. Or their failure points.

Our CLP Membrane is a hybrid, cross-linked polymer commercial roof replacement system thats partially factory-made and part field-fabricated. Its specially designed to be seamless, saturated, not laminated, redundant, and puncture-resistant all of which can reduce or eliminate the most common failure points found in competing single-ply systems.

This may just revolutionize single-ply commercial roof systems.

We?ve been ?blessed a plenty? with lots of rain in Dallas and Fort Worth last week. If you are experiencing a roof leak, you are not alone. Our phones are ringing with people needing emergency roof repair. There?s nothing like record-setting rain to point out the weak spots in your roof. The important thing is not to go into denial thinking it will dry up and you?ll get around to fixing it soon. My years of roofing experience say that?s not how it plays out.

Even the most enthusiastic rain lover quickly turn sour when extra rain ends up coming through their roof. Who wants to start their day realizing the drip-drip-drip they?re hearing isn?t coming from the shower? If you hear that dreaded sound, it?s time to take action.

If you see the outside rain come inside your home, there is interior damage occurring and you need to do what you can to minimize it until your roofing contractor arrives and a repair is made.

Step 1: Deal with the damage inside your home

Rain will tend to try and find the easy way out. Meaning, it will flow out of the closest hole it finds. This could be a ceiling vent, light fixture or joint in the ceiling boards. If not, you?ll likely see bubbles in the paint. Take a pin or nail and break the bubble open so the water runs out freely. Then grab a bucket and hang tight until help arrives.

Step 2: For the curious and adventurous

If you feel you need to do ?something,? you can start your own private investigation to find where the leak might be. But don?t get discouraged if it remains a mystery. Leaks can be quite deceiving as water can travel before finding a place to escape. For most homes, the attic is the best place to start. If you find the source of the leak, place a bucket close to the source to minimize interior damage. There are some temporary fixes available at Home Depot or Lowes. The easiest and most affordable option is a plastic tarp. If you do not feel safe climbing up on your roof, call a roofing company for an emergency roof repair. It?s not worth the risk of a potential fall.

Step 3: Call a reputable roofing contractor

It?s going to be really tempting if someone shows up at your door the next day asking if you need help fixing your roof or if a house down the street has a roofing sign pop-up the next morning. Ask around or do thorough online research before selecting a company to do the repair. Look for a company with a physical address you can visit, an A+ Better Business Bureau rating, and several recent online reviews at a minimum. Unfortunately, the Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston markets are plagued with fly-by-night roofing companies that swarm in when a storm hits. Don?t be a victim. You need a roof repair or roof replacement that is going to last a long time so make sure the company you choose will be here long after the project is complete.

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This project is a layover, which means that the roof is installed over one layer of asphalt shingles. The product is Classic?s Rustic Shake. The total area of metal roofing is 8500 square feet with an additional 500 square feet of PVC membrane on 4 small flat roofs. All material is Energy Star rated and eligible for a federal tax credit in 2009. The roof is being installed in conjunction with approximately 80 photovoltaic solar panels. It is one of the largest residential photovoltaic solar/metal roof installations in Connecticut. The solar company link is located on this page below.

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