By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Hear from a former NFL Super Bowl-winning coach, learn strategies to hire and maintain talent, and network with other professionals at the NERCA annual convention and trade show March 17-19. Join the North/East Roofing Contractors Association (NERCA) for their 94th annual convention and trade show March 17-19, ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Through the Roof is made for sealing everything that goes through the roof, but did you know that it is also available in brush-grade for larger leak areas? Roofing contractors have relied on Through the Roof for years to seal around penetrations on the roof, to ...
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. The International Roofing Expo® will be filled with special events, competitions, opportunities to learn new skills, and the first ever female keynote speaker. Make sure you’re in Dallas, Texas on February 4-6, 2020 for the International Roofing Expo (IRE). Sponsored by the National Roofing Contractors Association ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what was trending last year on RoofersCoffeeShop®. Each January we like to look back on 2019 to see what the most popular topics were on the Coffee Shop over the last year. Articles on products, giving back, technology adoption, overcoming challenges and stories featuring contractors ...
Try out the new Cobra Lap Joint Nozzle with Through the Roof sealant at the Sashco Booth #907. With the Cobra you can lay down a flawless bead in 1/3 the time of 2 round beads and save 50% on material. No tooling needed. Why run a flat bead with a ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Take this quick, 13-question survey and you get a free RCS carabiner mug. RCS partner Sashco takes learning from contractors seriously. We reported previously about how the Sashco team spends time with contractors to learn how they are building roofs and to identify ways their solutions ...
By Sashco. Why use caulk? What is its purpose? We've got some caulking tips for you! Caulk is made to seal out water, air, dust, pollution, insects and noise. Caulk can also simply dress up or give a finished look an otherwise rough-appearing joint. Most normal latex caulks will crack and fail ...
Reduce installation time as well as the risk of call backs related to improper sealing of lap joints. Caulk nozzles have been around for years and when you need a flat bead of sealant, it requires tooling. Laying a round bead and tooling it afterward is just creating more work. It ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Dropping temperatures mean stiff products and stiff hands. It’s that time of year where temperatures are dropping, meaning contractors are getting creative to prevent their sealants from stiffening and becoming nearly impossible to gun out. Some contractors line up the caulk tubes on the dashboards of ...
By Les Burch, President, Sashco Sealants. Asphalt has been around about as long as houses have had roofs and that’s a long time! It’s no wonder that we’re still in the habit of grabbing a cartridge of asphalt roof caulk or roof cement when there’s a leak to fix. Yet after all ...