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CertainTeed CoolStar Roofing Products Help Reduce Energy Costs and Keep Buildings Cooler
- ebuild (11/8/2007)
- A roof is a building's first line of defense in controlling energy consumption, thanks to innovations like CertainTeed Corporation's CoolStar reflectant surface for low-slope roofing. The energy-wise CoolStar technology was initially unveiled last fall on CertainTeed's Flintglas Cap Sheet. Now CertainTeed is pleased to announce an expanded line of 14 low-slope roofing granulated cap sheet membranes featuring CoolStar-coated surfaces.
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Louisiana Architect Endorses CertainTeed Two-Ply Modified Bitumen Roof Systems For Hurricane-Regions
- ebuild (7/17/2007)
- St. Landry Parish School Board hired Irvin J. Kohler, senior partner of Kohler Architects, based in Washington, Louisiana, to design a low-slope modified bitumen roof system with enough durability to withstand future severe storms. After evaluating a variety of top-of-the line roofing membranes and insulation, Kohler found what he was looking for in the CertainTeed FRP-C-U2 two-ply modified bitumen roofing system. The system consists of a double layer of roof insulation, with CertainTeed Ultra Poly SMS Base Sheet and Flintlastic Premium FR-P Cap Sheet -- both thicker than the average bitumen membrane.
- Product Monitor: Synthetic Strength
- PROSALES Magazine (6/13/2007)
- For decades, a roofing underlayment was just an asphalt-saturated paper, or "felt." Today, contractors have a broader selection of options, as the underlayment category has evolved to include synthetic and hybrid products that are enticing them with performance and installation benefits.
- Roof Redux
- REMODELING Magazine (6/1/2007)
- 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.
- Products Roundup
- REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR Magazine (5/1/2007)
- The latest products for roofing, siding, window and decking pros.
- Roofing
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- Maryland Adult Daycare Center Matches Low- and Steep-Slope Roofs with CertainTeed's Color-Coordinating Materials
- ebuild (10/16/2006)
- Scheduled to open in January 2007, Kent Center, a new adult daycare facility in Chestertown, Maryland, features a beautiful roof consisting of both CertainTeed Landmark Premium Designer Shingles and CertainTeed FlintlasticSA three-ply modified bitumen roof system. With a roof featuring a mix of low- and steep-slope areas, several crickets, and valleys, one of the foremost concerns was finding two roofing products that matched in color for maximum visual appeal.
- Construction Products Review: Synthetic Underlayments
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (1/21/2006)
- 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.
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