Easy, Accurate Roof Calculator App

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Calculate Roof Sq. Ft, Roof SQs, and Metric Measurements in Minutes! roof calculator app By now, most roofing contractors know that measuring a roof does not have to involve climbing a ladder and precariously walking around the perimeter of a roof with a tape measure or measuring wheel. Today there’s a software solution that can […]

Stop Over-Ordering Roof Materials

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iRoofing’s “Subtract” feature … It’s a big PLUS For roof measurements to be precise, they have to account for roof penetrations, such as skylights. Sloped residential roofs, as well as flat roofs of some homes and many commercial buildings frequently support a variety of objects, large and small, including AC units, roof vents, plumbing stack […]

Explore the places where roof decking is born!

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Weyerhaeuser invites you to explore the nature & wildlife of its land holdings. As we battle the dastardly COVID-19 virus and its variants, the price and availability of lumber is subsiding, at least for now.  The price rises of 2020-2021 ($1,686 per thousand board feet as of May 2021, an increase of 406% from the […]

Understanding Roofing Underlayment

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Shingles, tile, barreled clay roofing, slate, cedar shake… these and other forms of roof coverings have proven to be effective barriers against nature’s punishing elements. What many property owners don’t realize is that the secret weapon against moisture intrusion is not the handsome coverings atop their roofs, but what lies beneath… aptly known as the […]

Creating Measurement Reports for Complex Roofs

Varied Slopes, Dormers, Overhangs, and Skylights… How to Measure Complex Roofs. Make Complex Roof Measurements Easier with iRoofing! As if the job of a roofing pro wasn’t challenging enough, every so often you get a roof that really makes a statement.  Architects love to break the mold every so often and pull a real wing-dinger […]

Rubber Roofing – Attractive and Environmentally Sound

Rubber Roofing – Rich Textures, Natural Appeal Rubber shingles represent another great innovation that can serve as a nice upgrade from asphalt shingles. Like composite, concrete, and metal shingle roofing, rubber can be fashioned into materials that look just like slate or cedar shake. Euroshield of Canada is a leader in rubber roofing. In addition […]

Metal Roofing – From Panels to Premium Tiles

Metal Sheet Roofing and Metal Shingles When you think of metal roofing, you might picture country homes, lodges, and barns with metal panels sloping from ridge to eave. Today, many homes of modern design favor smooth, sleek metal roofs, as well. Though not a lot of homeowners equate metal with shingle roofing, metal shingles are […]

Clay Tiles – Roofing with an Old World Flair

Clay Tiles – Symbol of America’s European Influence Close your eyes and picture a countryside villa in Spain. What do you see? Bright colored stucco, herb gardens, and that distinctive, wavy, clay tiled reddish-orange roof, right?  While clay roofs may be popular in Spain, you find them all over the U.S. The connection between Spain […]

Concrete Tiles – Luxurious and Resilient

Roofing material with the strength of stone Concrete may very well be the greatest invention since the wheel. Imagine what it would have been like if concrete existed when Egypt’s Pharaoh, Khufu, ordered the Great Pyramids to be built. Instead of enormous granite blocks having to be lugged over 500 miles from Aswan to Giza, […]

The Unsurpassed Elegance of Slate Roofing

Slate Roofing is Great Roofing! Slate is the highest prized roofing material in the Western World. Long admired for its natural beauty and resiliency, luxury slate graces some of the finest homes and most cherished structures. As roofing contractors, you may not deal a lot with slate material unless it’s a specialty of yours, but […]