Recently we were taking a training class so we could be certified for a certain manufacturer’s stone coated metal roofing. We were working on a mockup roof, seen below, and were being trained on how to do chimney flashing. We noticed they were using a 3 piece flashing instead of the single unit flashing we …
We recently installed an attic and under roof ventilation system on an unvented asphalt shingle roof. This metal roof had neither soffit vents or a vented ridge vent and when it was 96 degrees outside it was 150 degrees in the attic. The challenge was how to vent the roof and attic without the cost of …
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We’ve begun installing our patented energy-efficient ventilation system for shingle roofs throughout the Fairfax Virginia area. Previously, this type of roofing system we only installed in our Metal roofs. But due to the high demand for energy-efficient Fairfax Roofing in Virginia, we’ve begun installing these new systems for customers in the Fairfax area. Why choose …
On April 18th 2014 we installed a new metal roof in Leesburg Virginia. This is the live video we shot from the job site. Please give us a call at (540) 222-1642 to learn more about our amazing energy efficient metal roofs. We have complete many metal roofing projects in Leesburg and we’ll soon be …
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In our last post, we shared our first version of a cool roof ventilation system that automatically vented the hot air through a custom vented ridge vent and replaced it with cooler air through a custom eave vent. The photo below shows our latest improvement that not reduced the labor cost but also introduced a …
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Our first attempt at installing a roof ventilation system worked great but was very expensive and labor intensive. As you can see this prototype started with a bubble foil bubble insulator and then a cumbersome wooden counter batten system Even though it really cooled the interior of this historic renovation on this converted barn it …
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In our last post, we left you with our challenge on how to install this particular copper roof. As we noted we had a curved convex deck and a curved or convex hip as well as wider panels that our pan machine could make as well as a single lock hand-crimped 1″ standing seam application. …
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We were presented with a unique challenge while installing this standing seam copper roof near Charlottesville, Virginia a while back. This actually was a breezeway porch that connected the guest suite with the main house. The challenge was that it had to match the existing single lock panels on the rest of the house and …
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What is a W Valley? On our roofs that we install they all have what we call a W valley, the reason this is so important is that the traditional valleys can leak. A W valley will not leak, in fact on over 500 metal roofs installed with W Valleys we have never have one …
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On March 12th 2014 we installed a new metal roof on a home located in Culpeper VA. Before we install our new metal roof, we needed to first remove the 8yr old tin roof that was put on the house. In the live video that we shot on the job site located below here, you …
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