GAF Reflector Series Shingles: The Darkest Reflective Shingle on the Market
The newest line of reflective asphalt shingles designed by GAF, the Timberline HDZ® Reflector Series, can give your home both enhanced protection from the elements, and curb appeal. The roofing shingles, available in stylish dark colors, create an attractive aesthetic that can be used to comply with certain code requirements for reflectivity. This is particularly important in California, where state building codes like Title 24 and local regulations like the Los Angeles County Green Building Code require specific roof reflectivity to help conserve energy.
How GAF Takeoff™ Supports Bidding on Residential Developments
Across the country, cities and towns are discussing the need for more housing. Demand is booming, and supply hasn't quite kept up. This is why the National Association of Home Builders cites "limited amount of existing inventory and pent-up demand for single-family construction" as one of the driving forces behind the increase in new residential developments.
Asphaltic Roofing Systems: An Effective Choice for Commercial Properties
As a commercial roofing contractor, you value materials and systems that can save your team time on projects. Asphaltic roofing systems have become popular options, as they're durable and cost-effective.
GAF Scaling Environmental Product Declarations—Publishes 21 EPDs
At GAF, we're serious about our sustainability promise: to protect what matters most, including our people, our communities, and our planet. We recently published 21 new GAF product-specific Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) as one way we're delivering on that promise.
Raising the Roof: How Latina Women Are Transforming the Roofing Profession
Fostering new career paths and supporting empowerment in roofing is a driving purpose of the GAF Roofing Academy. This free training program provides people from all backgrounds the skills and opportunity to get started in roofing. Increasingly, women are enrolling in the program and expanding their roofing knowledge, which has been a boon to the industry.
The roofing industry is seeing an increasing demand for initiatives that support the Latino community, a driving force behind the industry's overall growth and success. GAF has been at the forefront of this wave with its Latinos in Roofing events, which celebrate, empower, and educate Latino contractors by giving them the knowledge they need to equip their businesses for success. Providing networking, business growth, and education seminars, the Latinos in Roofing Expo has gained so much popularity that it's become a recurring annual event.
As a residential roofing contractor, you've likely encountered many unique roof configurations during past projects. Whether the next roof you work on is a hip or gable, low slope or steep, knowing some handy rules of thumb can help you consider which roofing products to recommend to homeowners.
All homes require maintenance and upgrades, both big and small, from time to time. A quick refresh of window boxes and front yard landscaping can quickly give your home a fresh feel. But other times, more extensive work needs to be considered, such as a new, more durable and attractive roof.
As one of nature's most powerful forces, lightning can cause severe damage. Each strike has the potential to cause fires, wreck electrical systems, weaken built structures, and significantly impact roofs.
When you're making decisions about your roof, shingle style, color, and overall cost are likely top of mind. However, there's one detail that can make a big difference to your roof's performance and visual appeal: the shingles you select for your roof's hips and ridges. A roof's ridge occurs where two planes meet, typically at the roof's highest peak, while the hips are the vertical junctions between roof planes. The type of shingle used to cover these areas is critical to protecting your home and the roofing system's overall health and longevity.
When an intense storm or hurricane damages homes and buildings, roofing companies tend to get booked up fast. If your roof sustains damage and local contractors aren't able to address your needs right away, tarping over the affected area can help protect your home in the meantime.
Although you might consider your home's fascia a cosmetic feature, it's integral in connecting your roof to your home's outer walls and supporting gutters. If your fascia is damaged or missing, it could lead to bigger problems, such as water intrusion and roof leaks. So, you should regularly inspect the fascia (and the rest of your roof) to ensure it's intact and performing as designed.
If you're gearing up to redesign your home's exterior, you're probably excited to make updates that boost the property's curb appeal and resale value, but you might not know where to start. Rest assured you're not alone.
As a roofing contractor, safety and efficiency are your top priorities. While it may seem like a small detail, choosing the right ladder for the roof can mean the difference between a smooth, safe job and a frustrating, potentially dangerous one.
Your chimney plays an important role in ventilating your home and removing harmful gases and smoke. That's why proper chimney maintenance is vital to keep it working effectively. Chimney crickets can help by offering much-needed protection.
The shoes you wear while working on a roof play an important role in your safety—especially when working on a steep-slope roof. So, what are the best roofing shoes for shingles? It would be great if there was a definitive answer, but many factors, including personal preferences, go into choosing the right roofing shoes.
Each year, hurricanes cause billions of dollars in losses for homeowners across the country. In an effort to combat this, the roofing industry has made advances to help reduce the impact caused by storm damage, including specially designed shingles that can handle heavy impacts and high winds.
Single-ply roofing adhesives can be used during commercial roof installation to attach the roofing membrane to the substrate, which is typically insulation or a coverboard. An alternative to using screws and plates to fasten the membrane, adhesives can deliver a smooth, aesthetically pleasing roof and eliminate the need to drill into the substrate.
As an architect tasked with overseeing your project's success, having access to a source for high-quality roofing products—and the expertise needed to understand how they work together—is key. This is true whether you're specifying the roof design for new construction or a tear-off on an existing building.
Como contratista comercial de construcción de techos, usted es responsable de elegir los materiales adecuados para cada trabajo. Con tantas opciones disponibles, tomar una decisión puede resultar una tarea difícil.
Commercial roof maintenance programs are a great way to expand your business and build long-term relationships with school facility managers. You may already be offering commercial roof maintenance services, or perhaps you're interested in branching out. Providing roof maintenance to K-12 schools and universities can be a good source of reliable, ongoing work. But you'll need to consider these facilities' nuances.
As the architect on a project that involves a roof, whether a new construction or a reroof, the building owner relies on you to specify the roofing system that will perform well, stay within their budget, and comply with local building codes. As part of this process, wind design is integral to success. The challenge is choosing the right path to code compliance.
Have you ever thought about building products reducing the carbon dioxide emissions caused by your building? When considered over their useful life, materials like insulation decrease total carbon emissions thanks to their performance benefits. Read on for an explanation of how this can work in your designs.
What is going on here? No, this roof does not have measles, it has a problem with thermal bridging through the roof fasteners holding its components in place, and this problem is not one to be ignored.
Cold storage facilities face unique challenges when it comes to maintaining optimal interior temperature levels. Development of cold storage roofing system design documents that both maintain interior temperatures and create an airtight roof system are important to have a high-performing cold storage roof. Uncontrolled airflow into the roofing assembly can lead to condensation within the roof and the presence of icicles or ice balls at the underside of the roof deck. Condensation and ice in the roofing assembly adds weight to the roof assembly, and wet insulation has significantly reduced R-value. A reduction in R-value means that it is more difficult for the insulation to retain interior temperatures, and cooling equipment has to work harder to maintain the interior temperature set points.
The GAF Latinos in Roofing expo has been empowering Latino roofing professionals since its inception in 2022. Each year, the events see steady growth as word spreads about the learning and growth opportunities for Spanish American contractors.
Durante los últimos años, GAF ha organizado la Expo Latinos in Roofing para reconocer, celebrar y empoderar a los contratistas e instaladores de techos latinos. Este foro proporciona un entorno cómodo y acogedor en el que es posible establecer contactos, recibir formación y adquirir conocimientos, todo en español.
For the past several years, GAF has hosted the Latinos In Roofing Summit & Expo to acknowledge, celebrate, and empower Latino roofing contractors and installers. The event provides networking opportunities, education, and training—presented entirely in Spanish—in a comfortable, welcoming atmosphere.
A group of local GAF employees in Burgaw, North Carolina, is making a difference for veterans and the community as a whole. In 2024 alone, Veteran Involvement Brings Excellence (VIBE) has undertaken several initiatives to give back to Burgaw as well as all who live and work there.
