How Hot Does Your Roof Get

How Hot Does Your Commercial Roof Really Get In the Summer?

(UPDATED) You know how walking across a blacktop parking lot on a sunny day can feel like the temperature just went up 20 degrees? It’s not your imagination – surface material has a lot to do with temperature. Move from

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Thermal Shock Sentry Roof

Thermal Shock: How To Protect Your Commercial Roof

Thermal shock occurs when changes in temperature happen so quickly that it stresses your roofing system materials. Rapid expansion or contraction can damage materials that have lost their elasticity. And since the different parts of your roofing system expand and

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Hurricane preparedness

How To Prepare Your Commercial Roof for Hurricanes and Other Major Storms

We still have two more months of hurricane season to go this year so don’t let your guard down just yet.

While it’s not likely we’ll get another Irma this season, metro Atlanta is no stranger to severe storms. No

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roofing adhesive in winter

Managing Roofing Adhesive Temperatures In Cold Weather

It’s been cold out there! But that doesn’t mean it’s not possible to complete commercial roofing projects that require temperature-sensitive adhesives — you just need to be creative.

Last winter, when our team was re-roofing the terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta …

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How Freezing Temperatures Damage Roofs — Inspections Matter!

(UPDATED) Freezing temperatures damage roofs. And even though snow is pretty rare in metro Atlanta, temperatures often dip to below freezing overnight — and sometimes stay there for a while. Inspections and seasonal roof repairs are necessary to get the …

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summer-storm

Summer Storm Watch

summer-stormWith the spring season in full bloom and summer fast approaching, it is time to consider what the summer storms may bring for your roof.  The roof of your building is taking all of
the abuse from Mother Nature and …

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roof-cracking

How Weather Effects Your Roof

Living in the South, we don’t experience a plunge of below zero temperatures very often. We definitely aren’t prepared when we have snow and ice, as well as 60 degree highs all in the same week. Our buildings share our …

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