STAYING COOL IN THE HEAT During the summer months, it can be quite a challenge to keep your building cool. The sun is beating down on your roof, the air is hot, and it becomes more and more expensive to cool your building. Without an efficient AC system and good insulation, you …
How to Keep Your Building Cooler in Summer
HOW CAN YOU KEEP YOUR BUILDING COOLER? In the summertime, there is one thought constantly looming large over building owners, facility managers, and homeowners alike: How to keep your building cooler. It's a constant battle against the sun to keep the inside of your facility at …
The Environmentally-Friendly Coating
LOWER ROOF TEMPERATURE AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION The Silicone Roof Coating Restoration (RCR) System from Progressive Materials provides some of the most robust energy savings of any system on the market. Other systems require new insulation or a completely new roof system to …
Press Release: NSF Protocol P151 Certification
Progressive Materials’ HS 3200 Series Silicone Roof Coatings Receive NSF Protocol P151 – Health Effects from Rainwater Catchment System Components Certification New Albany, Indiana – June 22, 2017 – Progressive Materials (PM) is proud to announce that the HS 3200 Series Silicone …
Energy Savings from a Reflective Roof
HOW MUCH ENERGY DOES A REFLECTIVE ROOF SAVE? We have written pretty extensively on our blog about the benefits of a reflective roof and how it saves you energy. However, in those posts, we've never gotten too specific about how much energy a reflective roof can save you. …
Cool Your Building Down
UTILIZE SILICONE ROOF COATINGS TO COOL YOUR BUILDING DOWN When your roof absorbs heat from the atmosphere, it transfers that heat to the inside of your building and heats up the entire building. This not only makes your building uncomfortably hot, but it means you have to spend …
Purpose of Silicone Roof Coatings
WHAT DO SILICONE ROOF COATINGS ACCOMPLISH Because they are so new relative to most roofing systems, many building owners still don't know the purpose of silicone roof coatings. They are unfamiliar with the system, and don't understand the benefits or the purpose of spraying a …
Retrofit Roofing System Benefits
WHY CHOOSE A RETROFIT ROOFING SYSTEM Installing a second roof over top of your primary roof is an attractive option for many building owners because it allows you to avoid removing your roof at that time. However, the next time you need a new roof, you'll have to remove both …
Problems with Installing a Second Roof
WHY SHOULD YOU AVOID INSTALLING A SECOND ROOF? Roof replacement is a very stressful time for building owners. It costs a lot of money, takes up a lot of your time, and requires a lot of attention on your part managing the project. Because roof replacement can be such a difficult …
Install Roof Coatings to Go Green
GO GREEN WITH A NEW ROOF COATING For many of the same reasons that roof coatings can save you money, they can also help the environment. Usually, you have to pay more for a product or service that is environmentally friendly, but not for this product. Let's see how roof coatings …