MR February/March 2013

/Metal Roofing Magazine - February/March 2013 CoverThe February/March 2013 Issue of Metal Roofing Magazine offers ideas on how to retrofit with metal.

This issue also includes tips on how to sell your customers to the proof that metal stands up to Mother Nature.

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Metal vs. Mother Nature (hurricanes and high winds)

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Jim Austin

Manufacturers do their best to ensure products can handle big winds / Metal roofing stands up to the forces of nature as well as or better than any type of roofing material and you should know how to sell that … Read more »

Posted in Commercial/Institutional, Metal Roofing, Metal Roofing Magazine, Metal Roofing News, MR February/March 2013, Reroofing, Residential | Tagged butler manufacturing, DECRA, hurricanes, Metal vs. Mother Nature | 1 Comment

Retrofit with metal … over metal

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Jim Austin

Edwards Roofing employs Roof Huggers with Petersen Aluminum panels for successful re-roofing project on air force base / Leaks are a pretty good indicator you have a problem. Eglin Air Force Base Building #253 was erected with metal walls and … Read more »

Posted in Commercial/Institutional, Metal Roofing, Metal Roofing Magazine, Metal Roofing News, MR February/March 2013, Reroofing | Tagged Eglin Air Force Base, Petersen Aluminum, Retrofit metal roofing, Roof Hugger, standing seam metal roofing | Leave a comment

Retrofit … a command performance

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Jim Austin

After 10 years, I and E Specialties fixes problem a consultant said it could not fix / It took longer than it should have, but I and E Specialties finally got the chance to stop the leaks in the roof … Read more »

Posted in Commercial/Institutional, Metal Roofing, Metal Roofing Magazine, MR February/March 2013, Reroofing | Tagged I and E Sepcialties, mcelroy metal, Retrofit metal roofing, standing seam metal roofing | Leave a comment

Retrofit … with metal!

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Jim Austin
Metal Roofing Magazine Feb/March 2013

Berwald Roofing fabricates, curves and installs Garland’s R-Mer panels for Minnesota ice arena / Like many community ice arenas across the country, the New Hope Ice Arena in New Hope, Minn., needed some major renovations. The facility, built in the … Read more »

Posted in Commercial/Institutional, Featured Magazine, Metal Roofing, Metal Roofing Magazine, Metal Roofing News, MR February/March 2013, Reroofing | Tagged Berwald Roofing, curved roofing, Garland, Retrofit metal roofing, standing seam metal roofing | Leave a comment

Top 10 metal roofing products of 2012!

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Jim Austin

The readers have spoken. When they indicate they like something, it must be a good thing. Each year in Metal Roofing Magazine, we present the most current information on a variety of products — underlayments, roll formers, fasteners, metal roofing … Read more »

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Rise above the competition with help from MRA

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Jim Austin

Become a Metal Roofing Alliance Quality Contractor / By Bill Hippard, MRA president / Homeowners in need of a new roof have a wide range of choices in products and contractors. Smart contractors know being on the top of the … Read more »

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Englert roof helps rebuild some Vermont history

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Jim Austin

On August 28, 2011, when the Williams River rose to historic heights during Tropical Storm Irene, the Bartonsville Covered Bridge, built in 1870, in the village of Bartonsville, in Rockingham, Vermont, lost its battle to the raging waters.  The swollen … Read more »

Posted in Low Rise Construction, Metal Roofing, Metal Roofing Magazine, MR February/March 2013, Supplier News | Tagged Bartonsville Covered Bridge, Englert, standing seam metal roofing | Leave a comment

VMZinc opens training facility, warehouse in North Carolina

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Jim Austin

VMZinc, a leading specialist in innovative zinc products manufactured and sold by the Building Products Unit of Umicore, opened a new training facility and warehouse in Durham, N.C., located at 2320 Presidential Drive, Suite 110. With 3,300 square feet and … Read more »

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