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...
by Robert Miley | Apr 29, 2008 | Blog, Roof Vent, Uncategorized |
A roofer, Virginia Tech faculty members from architecture and engineering, and a graduate student have devised an inexpensive vent that can reduce roof uplift on buildings during high winds, even a hurricane. A roofer, Virginia Tech faculty members from architecture...
