Crew in Action on Veterans Hospital Roof Rehab By CoatingsPro Staff This roof rehab for a veterans hospital took a 6-person crew from JR & Co. three weeks to complete.
The BEST of CoatingsPro in 2020: Articles, Podcasts, and More! By Stephanie Marie Chizik Want to know reader favorites for CoatingsPro’s digital articles, web-only articles, and podcasts? Here’s 2020’s Top Tens!
First-Place Roof: Nearly 40 Years in the Making By Stephanie Marie Chizik Wedge Roofing first worked on this roof 38 years ago, and they continue to maintain that relationship. Their work on this latest iteration in 2019 included silicone coating, winning first place in CoatingsPro’s Contractor Awards Program.
Waterproofing the New Glassell School of Art Campus By Karen D. Fisher A new art school in Houston, Texas, required several different types of waterproofing. A local crew worked carefully — even artfully — with other trades to help seal the school’s walkable green roof, parking garage, plaza, and much more
Net ‘House’ Blocks SPF Overspray on AAA Roof Restoration By Karen D. Fisher The roof of the massive AAA corporate regional office in Costa Mesa, Calif., was restored with a coated spray polyurethane foam (SPF). The coatings contractor came up with a clever way to keep overspray off the surrounding cars while the facility remained operational.
A Commercial Roof Coating Project on the Farm By Rebecca A. Bickham Recoating the metal roof at a company in a Wisconsin farming community included working innovatively around sawdust, farm dust, and odors.
“Good Application” of SPF on Technical School Roof By Karen D. Fisher The renovations to a career technical school in Maysville, Ky., included recoating the metal roof deck. An experienced crew made the application of a new coated spray polyurethane foam system look easy.
Prep Makes Perfect: Strategies for Roofing Contractors By Ben DuBose Surface prep is a part of each and every coatings job — from the ground up. CoatingsPro takes a look at the higher parts of prep with this focus on roofing.
Touchdown for Broncos Stadium’s Ramp Roofs By Stephanie Marie Chizik The Denver Broncos celebrated 2016 with a big win on the field and for the field. A new sponsor meant new roof coatings!
Scenes From “Going Green": A Roof Coating Project By CoatingsPro Staff The All Phase Construction crew completed a green recoating job for the Department of Sustainable Development.
Finally! No More Leaks for 8-Year-Old Roof By Stephanie Marie Chizik The Sage Condominiums roofs in Florida had been leaking for eight years. A new silicone coating was sure to do the job.
Beat the Heat: Cool Roof for California Apartments By Karen D. Fisher Cool roofing has become part of the solution to a growing issue with urban heat and climate change. This coatings crew from California helped restore an apartment building roof by applying cool roof coatings to beat the heat.
Sky’s the Limit for Florida Condo Roofs By Stephanie Marie Chizik Despite various challenges, the eight-man crew from Unicoat Industrial Roofing Corporation successfully coated two roofs at a condo facility in Florida with silicone products and could soon be back for more.
Moos and Blues: Dairy Farm Barn Roof Goes Baby Blue By Karen D. Fisher A 1940s barn roof on a Wisconsin dairy farm was showing signs of age and even had bullet holes in its metal panels. Gardner Roof Coatings coated the panels with an elastomeric coating that included a colorful topcoat — much to the delight of the farmer’s wife.
Flexible Crew Restores Roof at Chicago Business Complex By Ben DuBose The crew at West Roofing Systems developed a multi-pronged coating and spray foam solution for the roof of a business complex in Round Lake Beach, Illinois, consisting of distinct primer treatments installed at unique rates on two different single-ply membranes.