The CanDuit clamp secures piping and conduit for easy attachment to metal roofs. S-5!, the inventor of engineered, manufactured, metal roof attachments, introduces its new electrical conduit clamp for metal roofs. The new CanDuit™ clamp secures and supports chases and raceways, cable trays, gas piping, condensate lines and other round-shaped objects to ...
By Trevor Underwood, DECRA. Learn all about the manufacturing process of stone-coated metal roofing and its many benefits. Metal roofing offers a lot of benefits over traditional roofing, including but not limited to durability and sustainability. If potential customers are worried about the aesthetics of metal roofing, stone-coated metal ...
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Join a panel of metal roof experts as they discuss wind uplift on standing seam metal roofs. In the first part of Insights with Experts video series on Wind Design, Dustin Haddock from S-5!® discussed the purpose of WindClamps or “external seam clamps” (ESCs) and ...
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Greg Morrow explains that you don’t need as many people on the roof to get better performance with prefabricated accessories. Integrating new technologies into your roofing business doesn’t always mean looking for new software. For example, prefabricated technology revolutionized the roofing industry when they ...
By DuPont™ Tedlar®. DuPont™ Tedlar® has announced a new protective film that is perfect for laminating transparent or translucent structures that require a natural light, or applications where the substrate should be seen. The new DuPont™ Tedlar® TAP15BM3 transparent protective film provides decades of durable protection while being basically invisible. ...
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. We look back on New Tech Machinery’s most informative articles on portable rollforming machines and equipment. For New Tech Machinery, last year was one full of growth and exciting new adventures. They launched new products and even celebrated 30 years of being in business. Although ...
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. The MetalHead support system may be lightweight, but its extreme durability will surprise you! When it comes to supporting pipes, cable trays, and ductwork, which material do you think is more durable: rubber or metal? MetalHead from GREEN LINK Engineering is their latest support system that ...
By DuPont™ Tedlar®. DuPont™ Tedlar® PVF laminated metal roofing panels is still making waves since its debut in new colors at 2021’s IRE. DuPont™ Tedlar® PVF laminated metal roofing panels made their debut last August, but that isn’t keeping homeowners and contractors from thinking about the beach this summer. Tedlar® ...
By Rob Haddock, CEO and Founder of S-5!. Today, ASCE 7-16 – criteria for determining wind loads – is increasingly incorporated as states update building codes. Did you know the bar is changing within the standards that govern wind design? Although most states are still using minimum design standards set forth by ...
By S-5! Give your rail-less metal rooftop solar PV system visual appeal. We’re excited to announce a brand-new solar PV array accessory to complement the S-5!® PVKIT® rail-less mounting system. This accessory marks the latest advancement in our continually expanding product line. Introducing the PVKONCEAL™, our new, black module skirt. ...