Wally for the project kick off segment of the roofing it right miniseries on installing a commercial roof from start to finish.
Low slope roofing bur.
Low slope roofing products begin to age as soon as they are exposed to nature and buildings experience aging factors differently.
Built up roof systems built up roof bur.
Because it is difficult to predict how long low slope roofing products will last tamko offers a limited warranty that includes a binding arbitration clause and other terms and conditions which are incorporated herein by reference.
Built up roofing also called bur is the most common roofing material used on low slope roofs.
While membranes such as vinyl or epdm are unaffected by standing water it will shorten the life of asphalt based materials such as bur and modified bitumen.
It is composed of alternating layers of reinforcing fabric and bitumen asphalt and is finished with a top layer of aggregate such as stone or gravel.
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These roofing types may also be found on condos apartment complexes and other large residential complexes.
For homeowners these may be the roofing applications over your porch or on garage transitions.
A continuous semi flexible roof membrane consisting of multiple plies of saturated felts coated felts fabrics or mats assembled in place with alternate layers of bitumen and surfaced with mineral aggregate bituminous materials a liquid applied coating or a granule surfaced cap sheet.
Existing low slope roofs can be replaced or retrofitted.