June 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
By Cayden Wemple.
NovaFlash® from Tuck Tape® is a flexible tape that is bought your roofing undertaking lined.
Each contractor wants a go-to tape for his or her tasks, and Tuck Tape from Nova Flash is a superb candidate.
This distinctive tape can be utilized as a water-proof flashing membrane to seal window and door openings and is beneficial for use on aluminum, wooden, wooden clad, fiberglass, vinyl home windows and doorways. Along with getting used on these supplies, the tape can be beneficial for use on most home wraps, OSB, exterior gypsum and fiber board.
Tuck Tape® NovaFlash® meets all AAMA 711-13 necessities of Sort A, Degree 3, offering distinctive efficiency in excessive temperatures of as much as 80°C/176°F. Its excessive shear adhesive ensures glorious preliminary tack to surfaces whereas additionally being puncture resistant. The tape’s options, resembling a cut up launch liner and its means to seal round fasteners and nails make for a quick and environment friendly set up course of. Moreover, its water, moisture and mold-resistant properties make it a super alternative for stopping air infiltration and providing glorious resistance to UV.
The NovaFlash® will be put in in 4 straightforward steps:
Step 1: Apply flashing tape under the windowsill and create a good seal by folding the tape over the opening and reducing flaps on every nook to fold onto the sill.
Step 2: To guard the underside corners, minimize two bow tie items of NovaFlash, fold them in half, and apply one facet to the underside nook of the windowsill and the opposite on the outside face of the wall, permitting not less than two inches of overlap.
Step 3: Apply an extended strip of tape onto the sill in a shingle style, exceeding six inches on both sides, and fold the tape onto the outside face of the wall.
Step 4: Apply vertical strips of NovaFlash onto both sides jamb at full top, folding not less than two inches onto the outside face of the wall.
Cayden is a reporter for RoofersCoffeeShop, MetalCoffeeShop and AskARoofer. When he isn’t writing about roofs, he’s often enjoying guitar or writing songs for his musical endeavors.
Tuck® Constructing Merchandise, an IPG model, is a producer of roof underlayments, constructing envelopes, sheathing and flashing tapes and far more. Roofing contractors can profit from the benefit of use of Tuck NovaSeal™ roof underlayments, including additional security and safety to roofs earlier than masking. Whether or not it’s new building, re-roofing or roof restore, the Tuck® NovaSeal™ roof underlayments product line is a must have to finish roofing tasks.