Posts Tagged "spray foam roof contractor St. Louis"
Why do commercial roof protective coatings use acrylic?

Applying a protective coating over your commercial roof surface is one of the best ways to reflect the sun’s harmful UV rays. Many of these coatings are acrylic-based, but why is that? You’re probably already familiar with one acrylic-based product: PlexiGlas. Manufacturers use PlexiGlas to create a wide variety of products, everything from boat hulls […]
R&A Contracting and Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier featured in July/August 2016 issue of Spray Foam Magazine

The July/August edition of Spray Foam Magazine is out and guess who is featured inside?! Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier started making confections in the 1600s and royally surged into popularity when King Louis XIV of France proclaimed the Bissinger family to be the “Confiseur Imperial” (“Confectioner of the Empire”). The Bissinger family migrated to Cincinnati in […]
Do roof coatings work for commercial roofs?

How could applying a thin coat of acrylic or spray foam on a commercial roof actually reduce energy costs? You may be surprised. The headache and hassle of replacing or repairing a commercial roof is enough to make any business owner go crazy. Adding a roof coating system, like SPF with an acrylic UV coating, […]
What you need to know about FOAM-LOK from Lapolla Industries

Why does R&A Contracting use FOAM-LOK Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) from Lapolla Industries? There’s no shortage of commercial roofing suppliers available today. With the easy access of online ordering from wholesale material suppliers, our R&A Contracting team could purchase from virtually anywhere in the U.S. and beyond with one click of the mouse. So, why […]
Budgeting for your next commercial roof

How much do you want to pay for your next commercial roof? Like the old Fram oil filter commercials used to say, “You can pay me now, or you can pay me later!” The same is true for your commercial roof. Yes, you can set money aside each year to completely replace your roof every […]
How does a reflective roof coating make a commercial roof “cool”?

Is your building’s roof a “cool” roof? What does having a “cool” roof even mean? July is just around the corner and it’s heating up across the Lou. A busy business owner doesn’t have time to dip their toes in the local pool. There’s work to be done, clients to meet, and money to be made […]
Avoiding commercial roofing scams this summer

A bad storm blows through your commercial district damaging some roofs. Within a few days they start arriving: storm-chasing roofing “companies,” and by “companies” we mean con men. Homeowners are becoming more alert at the danger of roofing scams, but business owners may be just as vulnerable. A logo-wrapped van pulling up to your office with an official-looking […]
Can SPF roofing withstand hail?

The Midwest region and St. Louis are known for getting pounded with hail from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Even if a twister or two is not in tow, a hailstorm can inflict devastating damage on a commercial roof. Some business owners wonder if SPF is rough and tough enough to withstand the impact of hailstones. […]
How does SPF roofing hold up to tornado winds?

Memorial Day kickstarted tornado season across the Midwest and this year looks to be a doozy! Initial reports of a below-average numbers of tornadoes due to lingering El Niño weather gave way to a surge of cyclone activity in May. An average of 1,253 tornadoes touch down in the U.S. every year, 45 of which […]
How does SPF roofing help keep my office cool?

It’s late May but that doesn’t mean the temperatures say it’s still spring. Memorial Day in St. Louis can flirt with triple digits in the mercury and office staff and business owners begin to wonder if they’ll survive the summer. Now’s the time you wish you installed a new SPF cool roofing solution last fall! SPF roof uses closed-cell […]