Building owners are increasingly understanding the value of proactive maintenance, which includes the regular application of roof coatings and membrane installations to extend the life of their assets while protecting the energy efficiency of their building envelopes.

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Considering the centuries-long history of roof coatings, silicone might seem like a small part of the timeline. However, silicone has made quite the splash in its short lifetime. With a long list of impactful economic and environmental benefits, silicone has quickly become one of the most popular roofing solutions.

SOPREMA, Inc., a leading manufacturer of total solutions for building envelopes, produces commercial roof coating products for various applications, including asphaltic modified bitumen, BUR, and metal roofing systems.

Home to several high-profile tenants since its construction in the early 1970s, the 1 Rockwood office building now occupied by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently underwent a complete restoration of its façade using NeverFade Exterior Restoration Coatings with Kynar Aquatec from APV Engineered Coatings.

SOPREMA, Inc., a leading manufacturer of commercial building envelope materials, has a complete collection of silicone and acrylic products applicable to many roofing systems.

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.

The technology of silicones can be used in coatings for projects that require specific waterproofing characteristics. Find out the science behind it.

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.

The Sage Condominiums roofs in Florida had been leaking for eight years. A new silicone coating was sure to do the job.

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.

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.

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.

Applied Coating Solutions offered a silicone solution to the Commonwealth Assisted Living at Abingdon that met the roof’s weight restrictions. The coating system saved the client — both financially and physically — and won the crew third place in the 2018 Contractor Awards program.

When a U.S. government vendor near Cincinnati, Ohio, contacted Spray-Tec with a roofing inquiry, the contractor made sure to mention its other capabilities. As it turned out, it was the insulation component that led to an even bigger job to protect the site’s plastic tanks.