Polymer Roofing Reviews

Environmental friendliness of polymer roofing.

Polymer roofing reviews.

Synthetic roof rubber plastic and polymer roofing prices reviews and pros vs cons. 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. Watertightness of polymer roofing polymer shingles having nothing but a large overlap can be prone to water intrusion. The category has been enjoying a surge of popularity with new manufacturers entering the game in recent years.

Synthetic roofs reflect heat helping to keep homes cool and reducing the heat island. 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. Review installation manuals and videos on products you re considering and assess the dependence that the system has on underlayment for water tightness.

Sbs polymer modified asphalt roof shingles aren t new. They require less maintenance and can last twice as long as cedar shakes. Although you get a wide range of choice in terms of appearance it is not really possible to imitate real life textures and tones with this material. Malarkey roofing s alaskan polymer shingle was introduced in 1986 followed by atlas stormmaster in the early 90s.

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. Polymer shingles do a poor job of resembling more authentic roofing materials.