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Roof shingles are a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements. These elements are typically flat, rectangular shapes laid in courses from the bottom edge of the roof up, with each successive course overlapping the joints below. Shingles are made of various materials such as wood, slate, flagstone, fibre cement, metal, plastic, and composite material such as asphalt shingles. Roof shingles are a very common roofing material, but deteriorate faster and need to repel more water than wall shingles.
Shingle is a corruption of German shindle (shindel) meaning a roofing slate.[1] Shingles historically were called tiles and shingle was a term applied to wood shingles.[2]
Shingles are laid in courses usually with each shingle offset from its neighbors. The first course is the starter course and the last being a ridge course or ridge slates for a slate roof. The ridge is often being covered with a ridge cap, board, piece, or roll[3] sometimes with a special ridge vent material.
Roof shingles are almost always highly visible and so are an important aspect of a building's aesthetics in patterns, textures and colors. Roof shingles, like other building materials on vernacular buildings, are typically of a material locally available. The type of shingle is taken into account before construction because the material affects the roof pitch and construction method: Some shingles can be installed on lath where others need solid sheathing (sheeting) on the roof deck. All shingle roofs are installed from the bottom upward beginning with a starter course and the edge seams offset to avoid leaks. Many shingle installations benefit from being placed on top of an underlayment material such as asphalt felt paper to prevent leaks even from wind driven rain and snow and ice dams in cold climates. At the ridge the shingles on one side of the roof simply extend past the ridge or there is a ridge cap consisting of boards, copper, or lead sheeting. An asphalt shingle roof has flexible asphalt shingles as the ridge cap. Some roof shingles are non-combustable or have a better fire rating than others which influence their use, some building codes do not allow the use of shingles with less than a class-A fire rating to be used on some types of buildings. Due to increased fire hazard, wood shingles and organic-based asphalt shingles have become less common than fiberglass-based asphalt shingles. No shingles are water-tight so the minimum recommended roof pitch is 4:12 without additional underlayment materials.[4]
Roof shingles of Fitzroya came to be used as money and called "Real de Alerce".
Left: Example of faster asphalt shingle wear along eaves due to channeled water running down the roof. Right: Severe shrinkage resulting in tearing away of entire tabs. Note the exposed nail heads. Water running down the roof can seep around the nails into the interior space.
In the United States, fiberglass-based asphalt shingles are by far the most common roofing material used for residential roofing applications. They are easy to install, relatively affordable, last 20 to 50 years and are recyclable in some areas. Asphalt shingles come in a large number of styles and colors.
The protective nature of paper and fiberglass asphalt shingles primarily comes from the long-chain petroleum hydrocarbons, while wood shingles are protected by natural oils in the cellulose structure. Over time in the hot sun, these oils soften and when rain falls the oils are gradually washed out of the shingles. During rain, more water is channeled along eaves and complex rooflines, and these are subsequently more prone to erosion than other areas.
Eventually the loss of the oils causes asphalt shingle fibers to shrink and wood shingles to rot, exposing the nail heads under the shingles. Once the nail heads are exposed, water running down the roof can seep into the building around the nail shank, resulting in rotting of underlying roof building materials and causing moisture damage to ceilings and paint inside.
Two basic types of wood shingles are called shingles and shakes. The difference is in how they are made, the shingles are sawn and shakes are split. Wood shingles and shakes have long been known as a fire hazard and have been banned in various places, particularly in urban areas where exterior, combustible building materials contribute to devastating fires known as conflagrations.
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We carry all the required Commercial / Residential construction Licenses ( including MA Construction Supervisor License or CSL ) and Insurance coverage, and we are an IB Roofs Certified Installer. If you are located in any of these states, you can fill out our roofing estimator request form, and we will be in touch with you within 24 hours of receiving your request, with a personalized solution, tailored to your particular needs, be it a flat roof, a metal roof, a roof deck or Green/Solar PV roof.
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Our flat roofing product of choice is IB Cool Flat Roofs a PVC, single-ply membrane, featuring fusion-welded seams for permanent water tightness. Unlike conventional roofing companies that offer a lot of different roofing products (rolled asphalt roofing, EPDM Rubber roofing, TPO, Tar and Gravel) Cool Flat Roof works exclusively with only one brand of flat roofing products IB Roofs.
IB Roof Systems is a roofing manufacturer specializing in long-lasting and energy efficient flat roofing solutions for residential homes and commercial buildings. An IB membrane works extremely well in any environmental conditions providing reliable roof protection even when your roof is covered with snow and ice, blazed by strong hail, or covered with ponding water. Our flat roofing membranes come in an impressive array of thicknesses, colors, textures and styles that will not only provide superior protection for your roof, but will also make your house stand out from the rest.
Whether like us, you are in love with IB Roofs or you are still discovering your options, you may want to check out our online Roofing Price Calculator which will provide you with an instant quote to install an IB roof, and compare prices to install other types of flat roof such as EPDM rubber, and Tar & Gravel / Built-Up Roof, as well as estimated annual energy costs savings associated with IB white roof.
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In this article we will discuss solar roofing systems, which integrate roofing materials with solar PV panels or solar thermal systems. Specifically we will cover, metal roofs, PVC flat roofing membranes and asphalt shingles. Although most roof-mounted solar systems are installed on top of an existing roof be it an asphalt shingles roof or any type of flat roof these solar systems are not integrated into the roofing material, and therefore are not solar roofs.
Most solar systems are installed on a roof of a house or a building. The exception are solar farms or ground-mounted solar installations, but these are rare, and are usually 100% commercial solar systems. There are a number of reasons why most solar systems are installed on roofs. The primary one being limited space especially in an urban setting, where roofs represent significant unused space. Another reason is that usually roofs are not shaded by trees, nearby buildings, etc they are the highest point of a building with great sun exposure, which makes them perfect to install solar panels on.
Solar roofing is a final product, which integrates solar panels with the roofing material suitable for either a sloped or a flat roof. The solar panels used in solar roofing are usually thin-film photovoltaic laminates. Most popular Solar PV laminates commercially used today, are the Unisolar thin-film PV panels.
Unisolar thin-film PV laminates were originally designed to fit into and be integrated with standing seam metal roof panels. Unisolar panels are 15.5 inches wide and fit perfectly into a 16 standing seam panels, and are attached or laminated with special butyl adhesive that is on the back of each Uni-solar PV panel.
However, unlike with metal roofs, solar integrators were having flat roof leak repair issues with solar systems they installed on flat commercial roofs. After they installed solar mounting racks and attached them to the roof deck, the fasteners would start leaking after a while.
Roofing manufacturers adressed this issue with different versions of flat roofing materials that integrated Unisolar PV panels one such system is IB Solar Roof. There are many types of both solar metal roofs and solar flat roofs, using solar PV panels from various manufacturers (though as I said, most do use Unisolar PV laminates).
The most common type of solar metal roofing is the standing seam metal roof with integrated Unisolar PV laminates. Unisolar PV laminates were initially designed to fit in the pan of standing seam panels, with the connection terminals concealed by the ridge cap. Because the connectors or terminals of these PV panels are not UV stable, they need to be hidden from the sun, while the rest of the panel is of course exposed to the sun to generate solar electricity.
The benefits of standing seam solar metal roofing include fast installation, easy troubleshooting, and lifetime leak free roof performance. Additionally, in the US, you can get the 30% solar tax credit for installing a metal roof, as it is a part of the solar system.
Another type of solar metal roofing would be solar metal shingles. The concept is similar to solar standing seam roofing, but since metal shingles are much smaller, the solar PV laminates have to be adjusted to the size of the shingle. Also, all the terminals must be connected during the installation if you miss just one, the circle will be broken and the solar system will not work. Imagine finding the broken link when you have hundreds if not thousands of metal shingles to take off to find one broken connection!
Price-wise, I think that standing seam solar metal roofing is much more viable, as there is substantially less installation labor involved and much less potential troubleshooting, if something goes wrong. Imagine hiring a solar integrator and a professional metal roofer at $75-100 per hour each to find what is wrong with your solar metal shingles roof. Even if everything is peachy, the amount of time that will be used to install solar metal shingles is much more than that of a solar standing seam roof. The total solar system price will be significantly higher just from all that extra labor.
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The police in Lagos have arrested an 18-year-old boy, Tope Mayowa, for allegedly breaking into a companys premises, and stealing roofing sheets worth N500, 000 at the site.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Mayowa, a dropout, was arrested on Monday, October 20 by policemen attached to the Langbasa Police Division, Ajah.
Our correspondent gathered that the suspect had allegedly connived with a gang, and had sneaked into the pharmaceutical company, located at Kilometre 1, Badore Road, Ado, Ajah where a construction work was ongoing, to perpetrate the act.
It was learnt that around 2pm, while workers were at the site, some of them noticed suspicious movements in the area, and raised the alarm. When, the workers sighted them, other members of the gang were said to have fled while Muyiwa was arrested and handed over to the police.
Before being detained in custody, Mayowa confessed that his plan was to take the stolen roofing sheets to some dealers and sell at a giveaway price, adding that it was his second operation. He however denied that he was a member of a gang.
He said, I dont live with my parents. I stay with an in-law. I thought about this operation and came for it because I needed money. I needed to take care of myself. I did not know it would turn out this way.
My plan was to take the roofing sheets to some people who would buy them at a giveaway price. This was the second time I would be coming to the site. I am sorry for doing this, but I dont have any gang member. I came on the premises alone.
Our correspondent learnt that after Mayowa was caught, he was handed over to the police at Langbasa for further interrogation.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the arrest, adding that he would be charged to court.
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As we have learned, some kinds of atoms contain loosely attached electrons. Electrons can be made to move easily from one atom to another. When those electrons move among the atoms of matter, a current of electricity is created.
Take a piece of wire. The electrons are passed from atom to atom, creating an electrical current from one end to the other. Electrons are very, very small. A single copper penny contains more than 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (1x1022) electrons.
Electricity "flows" or moves through some things better than others do. The measurement of how well something conducts electricity is called its resistance.
Resistance in wire depends on how thick and how long it is, and what it's made of. The thickness of wire is called its gauge. The smaller the gauge, the bigger the wire. Some of the largest thicknesses of regular wire is gauge 1.
Different types of metal are used in making wire. You can have copper wire, aluminum wire, even steel wire. Each of these metals has a different resistance; how well the metal conducts electricity. The lower the resistance of a wire, the better it conducts electricity.
Copper is used in many wires because it has a lower resistance than many other metals. The wires in your walls, inside your lamps and elsewhere are usually copper.
A piece of metal can be made to act like a heater. When an electrical current occurs, the resistance causes friction and the friction causes heat. The higher the resistance, the hotter it can get. So, a coiled wire high in resistance, like the wire in a hair dryer, can be very hot.
Some things conduct electricity very poorly. These are called insulators. Rubber is a good insulator, and that's why rubber is used to cover wires in an electric cord. Glass is another good insulator. If you look at the end of a power line, you'll see that it is attached to some bumpy looking things. These are glass insulators. They keep the metal of the wires from touching the metal of the towers.
Another type of electrical energy is static electricity. Unlike current electricity that moves, static electricity stays in one place.
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The Braves named former All-Star corner infielder Kevin Seitzer as their new hitting coach Monday, hiring him away from Toronto after an impressive season in his only year coaching Blue Jays hitters.
After Seitzer, 52, and the Blue Jays couldnt agree to terms this month on a new contract, the Braves moved quickly to hire the former two-time All-Star infielder after interviewing him and and at least a handful of other candidates. Longtime minor league hitting coach Jose Castro was named assistant hitting coach.
Seitzer coached a Toronto offense that ranked fourth in the American League in runs (723) and batting average (.259), second in OPS (.736) and home runs (177), and third in on-base percentage (.323) and slugging percentage (.414).
The Blue Jays were seventh or lower in each of those categories in 2013 except homers, where they ranked fourth.
Seitzer will be assisted by Castro, 56, a member of the Cubs major league coaching staff last season after 25 years as a minor league hitting coordinator or coach in four organizations including the Marlins, where he worked with current Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. He was also Seattles interim major league hitting coach in 2008.
This is Fredis staff and he was actively involved throughout the process, John Hart, the Braves new president of baseball operations, said in a news release. With todays two additions, as well as Bo Porter as our new third-base coach, we feel that we have a put a great staff in place.
As recently as two weeks ago it was reported Seitzer would likely return for a second season with Toronto. But the sides had not been able to come to terms on a new deal, and the Braves and Hart hired him away from the Blue Jays.
Seitzer, 52, will be the Braves fourth hitting coach in six seasons. Terry Pendleton was reassigned to first-base coach after the 2010 season, Larry Parrish was fired after one season in the role in 2011, and Greg Walker stepped down this month after three seasons in charge of Braves hitters along with assistant hitting coach Scott Fletcher, who was let go.
Seitzer spent four seasons as Royals hitting coach through 2012 and had mixed results with a young team that operated under serious payroll constraints. He got a lot of credit for helping Alex Gordon get his career turned around in 2011, and for helping shortstop Alcides Escobar have a career-best season in 2012.
An All-Star with the Royals as a rookie in 1987 and the Brewers in 1995, Seitzer hit .295 with a .375 OBP and 74 homers in a 12-year playing career that ended with the the AL champion Indians in 1997, when Hart was Clevelands general manager.
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"In talking to him a few times, [Seitzer] came across as a guy who had a good plan," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "He's organized and detailed. He's worked with different kinds of hitters. He has his own mindset or skill, and that's that he wants to keep the ball in the middle of the diamond. I think he was the perfect fit."
Seitzer became a candidate for the Atlanta job last week, when he was not able to come to terms on a renewal offer made by the Blue Jays, who employed him as their hitting coach this past season. The 52-year-old has ties to both Braves president John Schuerholz and John Hart, Atlanta's president of baseball operations. Schuerholz promoted Seitzer to make his Major League debut with the 1986 Royals, and Hart served as Cleveland's general manager as Seitzer played the final two seasons of his career for the Indians.
The Braves have also hired Juan Castro to serve as their assistant hitting coach. Castro, who worked with Gonzalez in the Marlins' organization, spent this past season as the Cubs' quality assurance coach. He has more than 25 years of experience as a hitting instructor at the Minor League level.
"It's a very exciting time for me," Seitzer said. "I'm going to miss Toronto very much and everybody that I worked with. But this is something I'm very excited about and looking forward to here in Atlanta."
Seitzer was blessed to spend the earliest days of his career playing alongside Brett, and he was reunited with the Hall of Famer while serving as the Royals' hitting coach for four seasons (2009-12). During one of his earliest days on Kansas City's coaching staff, Seitzer said he was shocked when Brett approximated he tried to pull the ball in just 2 percent of his career plate appearances.
Brett's approach mirrors the mindset of Seitzer, who has established himself as a hitting coach who attempts to fight against the urge his players might have to pull the ball. He consistently preaches the value of hitting the ball back up the middle and to the opposite field.
"The more guys try to stay in the middle of the field, it seems like the more home runs that they hit, the more they hit for extra-base hits and hit for power, better [slugging percentage] and better OPS," Seitzer said. "That generates more runs. Frankly, this is all about scoring more runs.
"I'm a big fan of a home run too. I might be the biggest fan on the planet in that I love homers. But I know how you get homers and how you don't get them. Going up and trying to hit homers is exactly the recipe for not only not hitting for power, but for not hitting for average and striking out more and walking less, and being in terrible hitting counts."
Seitzer's approach might prove beneficial to an aggressive, young Braves lineup that scored the National League's fourth-most runs in 2013 and then scored the second-fewest runs in the Majors in '14, when they hit 58 fewer home runs than they had the year before.
The Braves, who have produced the franchise's four-highest strikeout totals over the past four seasons, hit .251 with runners in scoring position in 2013, and .236 (third-worst mark in the Majors) this year.
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