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S-5! Introduces New CanDuit™ Clamp
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 ...
Protecting Standing Seam Roofs from Wind Damage/Blow-off
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 ...
Top March Stories: Sustainability, People on the Move and Women in Roofing
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS COO. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop®(RCS) this past month. In looking at our most popular articles for the month of March, two of our top ten were related to sustainability – a topic that is of increasing importance to our building owners and homeowners. Fighting climate ...
Case Study: Central Pennsylvania Clinic Finds Beautiful Snow-retention Solution
By S-5! Complete S-5! ColorGard system offers medical home engineered safety that blends in beautifully with the roof. The project Award-winning Dr. D. Holmes Morton of Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, created a medical model, which began when he and his wife, Caroline, developed the non-profit framework and community organization that ...
S-5! Breathes New Life into Abandoned Walmart Building
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. The new and improved S-5! manufacturing facility is good for the company and the community, providing more job opportunities in Iowa Park, Texas. Recently, S-5! celebrated its new 20,000+ square foot expansion project with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house event. The company purchased ...
Solar is Now More Accessible Than Ever Before
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. Solar expert, Mark Gies breaks down how solar is more accessible and why metal roofs are the best place to mount solar panels. With the solar industry growing rapidly over the course of the last decade, more and more roofing contractors are looking for ways ...
Trends in Solar Roofing You Must Know About
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. With the solar roofing industry growing by the minute, here are some advancements to consider recommending to clients. When solar roofing first became commercially available in the 2000s, it seemed too expensive or inaccessible to the common consumer. Nowadays, it is not only more appealing ...
The Best of for the IIBEC 2022 International Convention and Trade Show
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS President. Attendees will experience networking, educational opportunities, fun events and great speakers. Those who are attending the 2022 IIBEC International Convention and Trade Show will experience some of the best networking, education and hospitality in the roofing industry. The conference will welcome building enclosure professionals ...
S-5! Live from New Orleans
Rob Haddock talks about sharing the knowledge on metal roofs in his Metal Roofing A to Z class, and the importance of being a lifelong learner in this industry. Editor's note: The following is the transcript of an interview with Rob Haddock, the founder and CEO of S-5! You ...
Is Your Metal Roof Truly Wind Resistant?
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 ...
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