Single-Ply Roofing Best Practices: Doing Everything Right the First Time.
Single-ply membranes have risen from being the “new guy” in the market in the early ’80s to become the roof cover of choice for most…
Single-ply membranes have risen from being the “new guy” in the market in the early ’80s to become the roof cover of choice for most…
[Editor’s Note: In May, Thomas W. Hutchinson presented a paper at the 2017 International Conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies (ICBEST) in Istanbul, Turkey,…
[Editor’s Note: In May, Thomas W. Hutchinson presented a paper at the 2017 International Conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies (ICBEST) in Istanbul, Turkey,…
Change often brings with it unintended consequences, and the issue of reflective roof surfaces in North America is no exception. In the late 1990s, U.S….
Dear Mr. and Ms. Architect and Roof System Designer: The following are comments I hear over and over: “Seventy-five percent of the time I cannot…
Projects are perceived to be successful by their ability to prevent disturbance from weather, including rain. Have you ever heard two architects talking about Frank…
The most common concern I hear related to increasing insulation thickness (a result of increased thermal values of tapered insulation), especially in regard to roofing…
The 2015 IECC roof thermal insulation codes have forced roof system designers to actually think through the roof system design rather than rely on generic…
Recent code and standard development has resulted in increased thermal insulation. This increase has required greater and greater insulation thicknesses, which are even thicker when…
Years ago, reroofing design involved removing all roof-system components down to the roof deck and rebuilding a new roof system up from there. Although that…