Roof Coating Tips & Tricks

In this bitesize CPD article, we look at roof fixings. Ignoring the fixings means that you could be leaving money on the table with your dilapidations claims. If you are preparing a condition schedule, identifying faults prior to lease agreement, you could be protecting your client from a big claim later.

Silicones are 100% UV stable, meaning they don’t degrade, chalk, or become brittle under prolonged exposure to sunlight. Why it matters:Metal roofs get intense UV exposure. Alternative coatings like acrylics or hybrids tend to chalk or lose elasticity over...

When conducting a survey on a metal profiled roof with overlapping roof sheets, we use the "rule method" where we insert a 12 inch steel rule into the gap that is present between the upper and lower roof sheets. A butyl strip seal should be present between the upper...

Bitesize CPD discussing industrial gutter liner options available to the professional specifier. Steel gutters, asbestos gutters, concrete gutters – which gutter liner is best for you?

BBA or Not BBA - It's Your Choice When it comes to specifying a roof coating, do you actually need to be using a BBA Approved product? As a manufacturer, we provide BBA approved products to give specifiers the reassurance that only comes with independent and unbiased...

Should you seal overlapping coating a roof or treating cut edge corrosion? We don’t think so, but we’ll let you be the judge once you’ve read this article prepared by our own team of Chartered Building Surveyors. We have products that you can use, but we still don’t often recommend sealing mid-lap joints.

A protective roof coating is not the same as waterproofing a roof. A waterproofing system is usually designed for flat roof application and a protective coating is typically applied to pitched roofs, such as metal or asbestos cement.

There's a lot more to cleaning a metal roof than just jet washing the surface. Depending on the size and location of the roof, it could be that the roof to be coated requires more than one clean, because surface contamination can occur even while the roof is being...

How to use a wet film thickness comb to determine the thickness of Liquasil roof coating products (and other paints and coatings). Why use a wet film gauge? The importance of wet film thickness discussed.

Spray on metal roof coatings don’t get any better than Liquasil’s BBA Approved Metalseal system with a product warranty of 25 years in a single coat, spray application.

Common Installation Mistakes Whether you are treating cut edge corrosion surface preparation is probably the most important aspect of the job. There is always a temptation for site operatives to take short cuts and it's usually at the cleaning and preparation stage...

Metal Roof Cleaning Recommendations Before coating a metal roof, it is important that the surface is clean and free from all contaminants. The most commonly used method for cleaning industrial sized roofs is jet washing, because it's relatively cheap and can usually...

Can You Apply Roof Coatings In Winter? Applying roof coatings in winter months can cause problems, so a great deal of care needs to be taken when temperatures are low and the main things to look out for are: Dew on the roof surface, because this will cause the new...