Polymer Roofing Reviews

Synthetic roofs reflect heat helping to keep homes cool and reducing the heat island.

Polymer roofing reviews.

Polymer shingles do a poor job of resembling more authentic roofing materials. But many viewed these as niche products. They re lighter and thus easier to handle and install than clay or slate. Watertightness of polymer roofing polymer shingles having nothing but a large overlap can be prone to water intrusion.

Synthetic roof rubber plastic and polymer roofing prices reviews and pros vs cons. Environmental friendliness of polymer roofing. It may be difficult to sell some clients a polymer based roof without firsthand experience of the product so architect wayne visbeen of grand rapids mich put it up on his own home. If visual appeal is a top priority plastic polymer shingles may not be the best option.

They require less maintenance and can last twice as long as cedar shakes. More and more roofing material manufacturers are developing and selling synthetic roofing materials in addition to and sometimes instead of traditional roofing materials. From a roofing contractor or builder s standpoint polymer roofs are an easy sell. Sbs polymer modified asphalt roof shingles aren t new.

Review installation manuals and videos on products you re considering and assess the dependence that the system has on underlayment for water tightness. I wanted to use this particular roof on several projects this year but it s very hard to recommend that a client use an unproven product he says.