Metal Roofing

Metal Roof/Siding Combo Provides School With Energy Savings

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Hutterite School Chooses Rush River Steel & Trim and Hixwood Metal Panels When a small Hutterite community in Henderson, Minnesota, set out to build their private school, they searched for economical building materials that would provide excellent longevity, value, and energy-efficiency, as well as great aesthetics. Burgundy Textured Steel PBR roof...

2020 IDEA BOOK Project: Burr Ridge Outpatient & Dayrehab Center

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PROJECT: Commercial Burr Ridge Outpatient & Dayrehab Center, Burr Ridge, Illinois The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Outpatient and DayRehab facility in Burr Ridge, Illinois, is a 25,000-square-foot building in a transitional district with strict zoning guidelines that hold buildings to a residential scale and character. The building’s design incorporates three rectangular sections,...

Custom Gutters for a Modern Lakeside Home

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By Kelly Plummer/Keeney Home Services Having moved into their new home in June of this year, Ann and Paul continue to marvel at the modern farmhouse they designed and built in Door County. This easternmost county in Wisconsin consists of a peninsula that juts out into Lake Michigan. The area draws...

The Art and Science of Snow Mitigation on Metal Rooftops

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By Rob Haddock, CEO and Founder of S-5! Year-after-year, rooftop avalanches cause hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage, personal injury, and even death. Snowpack can suddenly release and dump tons of snow below the eaves in a matter of seconds—endangering building elements, adjacent roofs, landscapes, vehicles, property, and, even...

Natural Ventilation: A Symphony

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Achieve perfection by asking the right questions By Shannon Clark, MWI Components Natural ventilation is like a symphony; one wrong note can stagnate the entire production, but when executed to perfection, the elaborate composition will rejuvenate the room.” When it comes to ventilation, customization is the name of the game. You...

Galvalume vs. Galvanized Metal

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What are the differences and the pros & cons? By Julianne Calapa, Sheffield Metals We get a lot of questions about the different types of metal materials that can be used in metal roofing and wall systems. There is one question that comes up more often than others: “What is the difference between...

2020 IDEA BOOK Project: Direct Metals Inc. Office & Distribution Center

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PROJECT: Commercial Office & Distribution Center, Fort Myers, Florida Direct Metals Inc. (DMI), a distributor and manufacturer of building components focused on the residential and commercial roofing industries, plans to unveil its brand-new 26,000-square-foot corporate office and distribution center in the second quarter of 2020. The building is designed and built...

Going Vertical: A New Application for Self-Adhering Underlayments

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By David Delcoma, MFM Building Products Corp. As today’s building structures change their exterior façade, one of a number of growing trends is exterior metal wall panel systems and metal-capped parapet wall details. As with metal roofing systems, the builder must be concerned with the high amount of heat that is...

New S-5! Snow Guard System for Nonprofit

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Cancer Care Home’s New Metal Roof Receives S-5! Snow Guard System This six-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot residence located on 1½ acres in north Columbus, Ohio, is the home of Hope Hollow, a cancer support center. This nonprofit organization provides lodging, meals, transportation assistance, and emotional support…all at no cost…to patients (and their loved...