Roofing Discussions - Recent Threads

Zombie Uprising

Naomi Millán — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:35:42 GMT

Zombies are everywhere these days,it seems. Even on your roof. Actually, the roof could be the zombie.

When a facility's roof is made to go on limping long after its useful life, the headaches it can cause are as if it's eating your brains out. (Too much?) In her article, Karen Warseck details how to recognize a zombie roof and what to do about it.

Ask a Roofing Expert

Naomi Millán — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:57:45 GMT

Ric Vitiello, president of Benchmark Services, Inc., a forensic roof consulting firm, will be Building Operating Management's roofing expert during the month of August for the Ask an Expert segment on our website. Post your roofing questions here for Ric to answer.

Questions received before July 12 will be considered to be featured on our homepage, but Ric will take questions throughout the month.

General Preventive Roof Maintenance

Travis Montgomery — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:41:47 GMT

How many members or Facility Managers practice preventive maintenance on their roof? Extending the roof life and preventing premature roof failure is one of our specialties, as well as performing annual inspections and offering technical services that help you reduce operating costs.

Roof replacement

Tom Shaw — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:25:16 GMT

We are looking to replace our roof. We have received about 5 bids for both foam and membrane. I am looking for input to which is a better choice. The property is located in in Hollywood.

Hydrotech MM6125

dfinch — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:17:14 GMT

We are redoing the roof over an art storage area and are considering using Hydrotech instead of a PVC membrane. The hydrotech is more costly up front, but it seems to me that it would be cheaper overall due to its lower maintenance costs.

Does anybody have experience with this product, either good or bad?

Thanks

Roofing Materials

wanldav — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:18:39 GMT

>>> I am currently looking at rerofing part of our school. We have rubber now that is 15 years old and is failing. Who out there has Duro last roofs? (PVC) It looks like some good stuff. Will it last?