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Roll Roofing, What Is It?

Primarily used in residential roofing applications, asphalt roll roofing products are used as underlayments and flashings and consist of four basic types of roll roofing materials, each designed for use in particular roofing jobs.

Smooth Surfaced Roll Roofing

Covered with ground talc or mica, smooth-surfaced roll roofing (also known as coated felt) is primarily used as flashing to seal the roof at any intersections and protrusions. It also provides extra deck protections at the roof's valleys and eaves.

Saturated Felt

Produced in a variety of weights, saturated felt is an organic-based felt usually used as an underlayment between roofing material and the roof deck.

Specialty-Eaves Flashings

Designed for special flashing applications along roof eaves and other areas, hence the name, is a polymer modified bituminous sheet that is self-adhering. Primarily used in regions where water backups and ice dams are commonplace.

Mineral-Surfaced Roll Roofing

With a surface embedded with mineral granules, this type of roll roofing is used alone as a primary roof covering and commonly found on small or secondary use buildings, like sheds and barns.

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Different Types Of Asphalt Shingles

Strip Shingles

Approximately three times as long as they are wide, strip shingles are manufactured in both standard and metric dimensions. Easily distinguished by the number of cutouts or tabs they have, such as the 3-tab shingle, strip shingles allow for a variety of textural and lighting or shadowing effects dependent on the number, shape, and alignment of the cutouts.

Laminated Shingles

A favorite among homeowners, builders, and roofing contractors, laminated shingles (often referred to as architectural shingles) contain more than one layer of tabs that create an added thickness - offering a visual depth on a roof and a somewhat custom look.

Interlocking Shingles

Individual shingles that mechanically fasten to each other are known as interlocking shingles and provide greater wind resistance. They also come in a variety of shapes and sized thus offering a wide array of design possibilities.

Large Format Shingles

Commonly rectangular or hexagonal in shape, these shingles don't utilize cutouts or tabs and are well, large.

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What Are The Benefits Of Asphalt Shingles?

Product Performance

Asphalt shingles perform well in extreme temperatures and in areas where wind, water, and ice are prevalent. Obviously, they're not impervious to the elements, but compared to other roofing materials, they hold their own.

Affordability

Due to the comparatively low application cost and their high volume production, asphalt shingles provide consumers with an all encompassing value that's pretty hard for other roofing materials to beat - especially when it comes to equivalent life expectancy.

Low Maintenance

Aside from the regular roof cleaning, asphalt shingles require very little upkeep when chosen correctly and appropriately applied - and if they are damaged, they're easily repaired. You can learn more about maintenance and roof cleaning at Clermont roof cleaning - they have lots of great information on the entire process.

Ease of Application

Considered to be the easiest in application next to all other standard roofing materials, asphalt shingles also have the strength and flexibility to support installation on different roof designs.

Fire & Wind Resistance

Manufactured to resist external fire and flammability standards, asphalt shingles carry Class A, B, or C fire rating, with a Class A fire rating providing the greatest resistance. Furthermore, many asphalt shingles carry a wind resistance label that indicates they've been manufactured and tested to resist high-wind conditions.

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How Are Asphalt Shingles Made?

In the United States, asphalt shingles are predominately manufactured using fiberglass base, constructed entirely of glass fibers of different lengths and varying orientations.

Once this fiberglass base is formed, it's then surfaced with an asphalt coating, following by a coating of weather-resistant mineral granules. This specially formulated process also applies to organic-based asphalt shingles, these are shingles where the base is made up of various cellulose fibers, like wood fibers or recycled waste paper.

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Discovered more than 5,000 years ago, asphalt has proven to be one of nature's most useful and abundant materials. Asphalt, also known as bitumen is a sticky, black, and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum.

For centuries, asphalt has been used successfully in the construction industry, building materials, roofing shingles, and several other uses.

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Asphalt Roofing Shingles & Architectural Shingles

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What is ARMA?

What The Heck Is ARMA?

The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association, otherwise known as ARMA, is a trade association representing asphalt roofing manufacturing companies and their raw material suppliers in North America.

"ARMA’s vision and mission is to be an association committed to the long-term sustainability of the asphalt roofing industry and to advocate and advance the interests of the asphalt roofing industry by leveraging the collective expertise of its members."

The association includes the majority of North American manufacturers of asphalt low slope roof membrane systems and asphalt shingles - providing information on modern asphalt roofing materials and practices to regulatory agencies and trade groups.

You can learn more and stay up to date with the latest news, trends, and innovations in the asphalt roofing industry by visiting their website: https://www.asphaltroofing.org