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Roofing Contractor Education

By: Lauren Risotto
June 14th, 2023

You’re ready to add a portable roll forming machine to your business and you’re shopping around to find the best equipment for you. New Tech Machinery is a leading manufacturer in the portable roll forming industry with a product line of machines that vary in terms of their specifications, features, length, and capabilities. Some of these specifications include maximum steel gauge, speed, panel types, panel width capacities, and of course, cost.

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How to | Roofing Contractor Education | Trim and Flashing

By: Lauren Risotto
July 28th, 2021

When installing corrugated siding, you’re likely to need to install trim over a window or doorway. You will do so by using either head trim or jamb trim.

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Roofing Contractor Education | Metal Roof Installation

By: Lauren Risotto
March 31st, 2021

Time to get rid of your old roof? Installing a metal roof is a bigger process than other roof installations, such as asphalt shingle, with a lot of moving parts and steps. Keeping track of it all can seem overwhelming.

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Roofing Contractor Education | Standing Seam | roof

By: Lauren Risotto
February 9th, 2021

So you’re a homeowner and planning a DIY metal roofing installation. As you might anticipate, the most difficult part of the job is installing the trim correctly. For this reason, you’re probably looking for the easiest method of installation.

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How to | Roofing Contractor Education | fastener system

By: Lauren Risotto
November 2nd, 2020

Something as small and simple as screws and fasteners are easy to disregard as a vital component of a construction project. For metal roofs, fasteners make up less than 1% of the total cost of installation, yet they can result in 100% of the roof’s failure. Your roof can fail from broken fasteners, incorrectly installed fasteners, worn out sealing washers, or the simplest of errors: using the wrong screws.

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How to | Roofing Contractor Education | Metal Roof Installation

By: Paul Rubio
June 12th, 2020

So, you are thinking about installing a metal roof and you don’t have any experience. You are concerned about installing the trim incorrectly because it will cause your roof to leak. As a DIY builder who may not read plans, a written install guide is confusing. That’s why we created a step by step written guide and a video that will make installing gable trim a breeze.