Eye on the Details

Avoiding Common Low-Slope Roof Design Problems

Small details can have an enormous impact. Get them right, and the likelihood of success can increase exponentially. Get them wrong, and the results can be disastrous.

This is certainly true in low-slope roofing. The details – from drainage to penetrations and edge metal – are essential to ensuring a roof’s long-term durability and performance. They are, however, also the source of the vast majority of roofing-related issues.

In a new article for Building Enclosure magazine, Mule-Hide Products’ Architectural Specification Training Manager Jim Flickinger outlines seven points that, if kept in mind during the design process, can eliminate many roofing-related change orders and reduce installation time and costs.

Tune in to “Edge Metal Advantages” on May 29th

Nick Musel and Hank Bonney to Join RoofersCoffeeShop® for Webinar

The majority of roof failures are not the result of how the roof is secured, but of metal edge failures in high-wind events. A roof’s edge is not an area for cutting corners or pinching pennies.

Tune in as Mule-Hide Field Technical Manager Nick Musel and Territory Manager Hank Bonney join host Heidi J. Ellsworth for “Edge Metal Advantages,” a RoofersCoffeeShop® Read–Listen–Watch webinar.

Learn more about why edge metal is so vital, the importance of using manufacturer-supplied edge metal and how to choose the right products to ensure a high-quality, long-lasting, warranty-eligible low-slope roof.

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