Now a twister came roaring in at 170 miles per hour (273.6 km/hr.) and struck Henryville Junior and Senior High School, the only school site for all elementary, middle, and high school students in the small town.

South Florida is known for its abundant sunshine as well as its intense afternoon rainstorms during the summer months. Put these two weather conditions together with close proximity to the equator, and rooftops can definitely take a beating from Mother Nature.

The old roof had a lightweight concrete deck covered by a base ply, intermediate ply, and granule surface cap sheet. It had a lot of wrinkles and splits in the side laps from years of wear and tear, and it sported several spots where small repairs had been made.

When the Atlanta Farmers Market’s 22-year-old roof started leaking over vendors, goods, and customers, the owners knew that a solution was essential. After all, it wouldn’t be right if the market’s roof was leaking on those famous Georgia peaches

According to RoofCARE’s Marketing Director Jonathan Small, “most roofs that are replaced in this country simply don’t need to be.”

After finishing a coatings job on a roof, the last thing you want is to get a call about a leak. But that’s exactly what happened after a recent job on a roof in Georgia.

When the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., began the new construction on a massive, four-phased project, a green roof was to be an invaluable addition to several new structures

After the most recent survey of the roof of the middle school, it was clear that the time had arrived for a new coating system to be applied on the roof.

Washington, D.C., is known across the country for many things, austere buildings being one of them. But not all of the buildings are created equal. And when the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, home to D.C's Superior Court, needed a few upgrades, the crew from Tecta America came in to help.

lt was determined that out of the 20 low-slope roof structures, only one, which was a new modified bitumen roof system, was in reasonable condition. The others, well let’s just say it was a mix of built-up roof (BUR), modified, and elastomeric coatings thrown in with a group of cold processed asphalt patches.