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Delta-Vent S Roof Underlayment (REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR Magazine)

Ensure a drier home with Delta-Vent S, a fully waterproof roof underlayment designed to help the home breathe and dry. For use on insulated, pitched roofs, Delta-Vent S features vapor permeability that lets residual moisture from inside the home migrate through to the outdoors, so that thermal insulation stays dry and performs as intended. Because of its low weight per square yard, the material can be unrolled fast and flush without any distortion or buckling, the maker says. 905.563.3255.

Roof Redux (REMODELING Magazine)

A few years ago, Ann Marzano's home needed a new roof. Environmentally conscious, she wanted to avoid asphalt or cedar, but her local homeowner's association wouldn't allow metal. After researching alternatives, she came up with synthetic slate, a durable rubber composite made mostly from recycled tires that provided the traditional look her NIMBY neighbors demanded.

Benjamin Obdyke Incorporated's Home Slicker 10 Plus Typar (ebuild)

Benjamin Obdyke Incorporated, a designer and manufacturer of roof and barrier products for the residential building market, has introduced Home Slicker 10 Plus Typar, a rainscreen system component and premium-grade housewrap combined in one product that meets changing building code requirements in Canada. Rainscreen systems are recognized by building science experts as the optimum method of wall construction in areas prone to excessive moisture, high temperatures, and humidity.

Benjamin Obdyke Incorporated's Cedar Breather Optimizes Air Flow Between Roof Deck and Shingles, Eliminates Excess Moisture (ebuild)

Designed to preserve the beauty and life of wood roofing, Benjamin Obdyke Incorporated's Cedar Breather is a fire-resistant underlayment for wood shingles and shakes that provides a space for continuous air flow between the solid roof deck and the shingles.

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Construction Products Review: Synthetic Underlayments (BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine)

In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, Grace Construction Products' residential business director Larry Shapiro says he began to hear from distributors that pros were ordering his company's synthetic underlayments rather than the standard protective blue tarps to cover damaged roofs.