General Questions
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By performing a visual inspection you can tell if a roof is worn, peeling, cracked, old and most obviously leaking. If leaking is occurring but not yet noticeable, sometimes stains will appear on ceilings, indicating a roof leak.
Flat Roofs: There is a multitude of single ply type of roofing materials, such as BUR, Modified Bitumens, EPDM’s, TPO’s, and PVC’s, that are designed for low sloped or flat roofs.
Built-Up Roofs (BUR): A built-up roof is a more traditional hot tar roof that consists of multiple layers (three or more) of tar paper, hot tar, and gravel.
Modified Bitumen A (Rolled Roofing): Modified Bitumen A is an asphalt roofing material that is manufactured in rolls. The rolls can be applied in a single layer to produce a “membrane” or sometimes utilized in a built-up roof system.
EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) Rubber Membrane: EPDM is an extremely durable synthetic rubber roofing membrane (ethylene propylene diene terpolymer) widely used in low-slope buildings in the United States and worldwide.
TPO (Thermoplastic Polyolefin) Membrane: TPO is newer technology utilizing plastic instead of rubber as membrane material. TPO is a membrane type of material installed in a similar fashion to EPDM.
PVC (vinyl) membrane roofing: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) membrane roofing is also known as vinyl roofing. The PVM membrane is heat-welded and the seams form a permanent, watertight bond that is stronger than the membrane itself. PVC resin is modified with plasticizers and UV stabilizers, and reinforced with fiberglass non-woven mats or polyester woven scrims, for use as a flexible roofing membrane.
RTG provides a non bias, concise evaluation of your roofing system. As an independent third party consultant, our consultation will provide you with specific information on maintenance, repair, recover, or replacement of your roofing system. In addition, RTG will save you time, money and headache. RTG will make recommendations to increase the longevity of your roof, write scopes of work and specifications, effectively manage your roofing project, as well as project costs for maintenance, repair and replacement.
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