An ERA Study Proves EPDM Easily Lasts More than 30 Years
More and more building owners are seeing the light: Roof systems based on historical in situ performance for more than 30 years are the best…
Articles by Thomas W. Hutchinson, AIA, CSI, Fellow-IIBEC, RRC
Wind-damaged Roof Systems
Wind damage to roof systems is often catastrophic, placing the building users at a life-safety risk, resulting in interior and furnishing damage and suspension of…
Insulation Types, Application Methods and Physical Characteristics Must Be Reviewed, Understood and Selected to Ensure Roof System Performance
Designing and constructing roof systems (see my previous articles about roof decks, substrate boards and vapor barriers) continues with the thermal insulation layer. The governing…
Vapor Retarders
The need for, use and design of a vapor retarder in the design of a roof system used to be a hotly debated topic. It…
Substrate Boards
The third installment in my series on the roof system is about the substrate board. (To read my first two articles, “Roofs Are Systems” and…
Roof Decks: Don’t Underestimate the Backbone of the Roof System
NOTE: This article is intended to provide general information while conveying the importance of the roof deck as an integral part of a roof system….
Attention Roof System Designers: Numerous Roof Components Work Together to Affect a Building
There has been a great deal of opinion expressed in the past 15 years related to the roof cover(s), or the top surface of a…