by Robert Miley | Jun 2, 2013 | Blog, Roof Vent |
Two brothers, Pat and Chuck Johnson, US roofing company Acrylife, and Virginia Tech research team designed an omni directional roof vent to help preserve reflective roof membranes (cool roofs), as well as conventional roofs from being lifted off or torn from wind...
by Robert Miley | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog, Roof Vent, Uncategorized |
Build a better roof vent and the world will beat a path to your rooftop. It is the quest underway in the U.S., where they are developing a roof vent that looks a little like two halves of a ball with the curved ends butted together on stilts. It’s known as the...
by Robert Miley | Sep 2, 2008 | Blog, Roof Vent, Uncategorized |
Low sloped roofs, common in Florida and other hurricane prone areas, are the most difficult to protect from damage inflicted by high winds. Hurricanes can lift the entire roof off a building and expose it to the wind, rain and other damaging conditions, even after the...
by Robert Miley | Aug 2, 2008 | Blog, Roof Vent, Uncategorized |
Virginia Tech News (Online edition) BLACKSBURG, Va., April 28, 2008 – Hurricanes often lift the roofs off buildings and expose them to havoc and damaging conditions, even after the worst of the wind has passed. A local roofer, Virginia Tech faculty members from...
by Robert Miley | Jun 2, 2008 | Blog, Roof Vent, Uncategorized |
Insurance Journal (Online Edition) – June 2, 2008 Hurricanes often lift the roofs off buildings and expose them to damaging conditions, even after the worst of the wind has passed. Now, a roofer, Virginia Tech architecture and engineering faculty members and a...
by Robert Miley | May 2, 2008 | Blog, Roof Vent, Uncategorized |
The wind uplift resistance of different roofing materials is variable. Some tend naturally to be resistant to damage caused by wind and others have a propensity to get damaged because of it. But the nature of the material the roof is made of is not the only thing that...