By Polyglass.  

In the course of the brisk winter months, a novel set of challenges and concerns come up for roofing professionals.  

These within the roofing business perceive the problems related to cold-weather set up.  Polyglass shares the frequent issues installers usually face in chilly climate environments and affords merchandise and options to roofers who cope with the chilly to assist them lengthen their roofing season by the winter. This fashion, installers can proceed what they do greatest all yr lengthy! 

What’s “chilly climate” anyway? 

If we posed this query to 100 random individuals throughout the nation, we might doubtless get dozens of differing and subjective responses. Nevertheless, from an business perspective, chilly climate challenges start when ambient temperatures fall beneath 50°F.  

Whereas frigid temperatures are extra frequent within the Northern states than within the South, installers working within the Southern states usually are not resistant to colder-weather struggles, particularly when utilizing merchandise and supplies that aren’t essentially effectively fitted to nippier climate circumstances. 

Widespread colder climate challenges 

Typical concerns for cold-weather roofing purposes embrace selecting a everlasting or momentary resolution, greatest apply for dealing with and storing materials,  adequately getting ready the substrate for product utility and the kind of merchandise to make use of that can maintain up throughout and after set up. 

• Momentary or everlasting fixes – Usually, the primary resolution on any roofing mission is whether or not the work deliberate is a everlasting or momentary resolution; that is particularly related when working underneath much less favorable circumstances. Right here, installers must resolve whether it is value ready for hotter climate earlier than executing a extra everlasting restore. 
• Substrate circumstances and preparation – As air temperatures drop, so do floor temperatures. Beneath sure circumstances, the floor temperatures of the substrate may be colder than the ambient air. Not dealt with rigorously, primers and adhesives could not dry or remedy appropriately earlier than product utility, leading to poor adhesion and potential failure. 
• Materials dealing with and storage – Chilly climate doesn’t solely have an effect on the substrate and atmosphere through which installers need to work; improperly storing and dealing with roofing and waterproofing merchandise can considerably impression their ease of set up.  Merchandise saved in a climate-controlled atmosphere fare higher than these uncovered to freezing temperatures. Improper storage – leaving merchandise out within the chilly in a single day or storing them on-site – could make some merchandise stiff and board-like; liquid items left to freeze simply separate and wreck. Different merchandise develop viscosity points and even crack when unrolled for utility. 
• Product alternative – Installers usually use common roofing and waterproofing merchandise – no matter dropping temperatures. Sadly, installers can face unavoidable difficulties when not factoring climate circumstances right into a mission’s scope. Roofing and waterproofing merchandise must be chosen properly – for the mission design and the local weather challenges the installers might face in the course of the mission. 

Trade suggestions for chilly local weather product purposes 

When contemplating greatest practices for utilizing most product sorts from completely different manufacturing sources in temperatures beneath 50°F, business suggestions are typically common. 

Summarized, they observe two important ideas: 

• Observe the producer’s printed tips. 
• Retailer and deal with supplies in a managed atmosphere.  

Polyglass options for chilly climate installations 

Polyglass affords merchandise and strategies that assist and help in working in colder climate.   

Web site and technical information instruments 

Our web site affords numerous sources to assist customers navigate chilly climate use and utility. The Technical Guides, Bulletins, Product Information Sheets and Video Library can supply insights on making your mission profitable when utilizing our numerous product choices, even in colder climate. 

Steep-slope roof utility options 

Polyglass’s current product choices embrace seven self-adhesive underlayments, all business, and code-compliant to be used underneath all kinds of roof coverings. These underlayments have common utility temperatures right down to 40°F. Nevertheless, with correct floor preparation, materials storage, and dealing with, profitable installations are attainable beneath this 40°F window, which frequently would require radiant solar and the usage of a floor primer. 

Low-slope roof utility options 

Like the assorted steep-roof product choices, lots of Polyglass’ self-adhesive membranes may be efficiently put in right down to 40°F and probably beneath.  

Polyglass additionally affords particularly designed and engineered self-adhesive base sheet and cap sheet membranes, resembling Elastoflex SA V Polar Base and Elastoflex SA P Polar Cap, for low-sloped roofing purposes, with an utility window to 25°F. 

Waterproofing and dampproofing options for vertical and horizontal purposes  

For purposes which can be above or beneath grade and never topic to hydrostatic water however nonetheless want moisture safety, PG 200 affords installers chilly climate choices for when water-based merchandise, resembling PG 800, usually are not a viable choice. 

Polyglass’ numerous Polyglass APP and SBS membranes supply cold-weather choices when utilizing conventional torching strategies. Relying on mission circumstances, Polyglass additionally affords a fluid-applied line of urethane merchandise with a large temperature utility vary. 

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