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- 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.
- Spotlight: Exterior Products
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (1/21/2006)
- Spotlight on new building products for exteriors.
- Reader's Choice: Gutter Cover
- REMODELING Magazine (1/1/2006)
- In the roofing business for more than 10 years, Stephanie and Frank Zehna know that clogged gutters mean call-backs. That's why they install the Hallett Gutter Cover, a flat cover with a small curve at the bottom that lets water flow through while keeping out debris. “The thing we like most is its simple design,” Stephanie says. Its performance surpasses the screen-style covers that the Zehnas used to use.
- Troubleshooting Roof Leaks--Fasteners
- REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR Magazine (11/1/2005)
- Just as poor flashing details are much more likely to be the cause of a leak than the roofing itself, many leaks are caused by the use of insufficient or inadequate fasteners for sheathing, flashing, or roofing, and by the attempt to substitute caulk or roofing cement for flashing.
- Sidewall Flashing
- REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR Magazine (7/1/2005)
- Shingle roofs (asphalt, slate, or wood) that butt against vertical walls are best protected by metal step flashing placed over the end of each shingle course.
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