spray foam installed on a roof instead of polyiso board

What is a Good Alternative to Polyiso Board Insulation?

Greg PalyaOther

With recent shortages of materials in every industry, companies are looking for alternatives to keep business going. In commercial roofing, polyiso board is a common type of insulation that many companies use. A great alternative to polyiso board insulation is spray polyurethane foam. Why? If you have any questions about spray polyurethane foam, please contact us and we’ll respond ASAP. …

Stay With Existing Spray Foam Roof Or Go With TPO

Stay With Existing Spray Foam Roof or Go with TPO? (Pros and Cons)

Greg PalyaComparisons

I recently got an unexpected call from a commercial property owner. They said that they had a spray foam roof installed in 1994, it’s been recoated twice, but now there’s some leaking. They want to know if it’s more cost-effective to perform another recoat, or start over and install a new roofing system, such as TPO. Cost is their number …

spray foam over granulated modified bitumen

Cost-Effective Repair for Modified Bitumen Roof

Greg PalyaOther

What should you do if you have a granulated modified bitumen roof and it’s leaking? You might think the only option is to rip it all off and install a new system. What if you could get a new roof installed for 1/3 of the cost of installing a new granulated roof? That’s exactly what happened to Mercer County Career …

SPF - spray polyurethane foam on school roof

4 Reasons Why SPF Roofing Is the Most Cost-Effective Option for Schools

Greg PalyaCost/Pricing

Summary: Spray foam roofs are cost-effective for schools because they can avoid a complete tear-off by installing spray foam right over the existing roof. Spray foam also has the best R-value per inch of thickness of any roofing insulation. Spray foam roofing can be installed very quickly. Spray foam roofing can be renewed over and over again, making the lifetime …

spray foam roofing is a unique commercial roofing system

6 Ways Spray Foam Roofing is Unique

Greg PalyaSpray Polyurethane Foam Roofing

What’s unique about spray foam roofing? It’s no secret that spray foam roofing is unique and different from any other commercial roofing system out there. For most, this is the first time they’ve heard about spray foam being used as a roofing application. FYI: West Roofing Systems has been installing, maintaining, and recoating spray foam roofing systems since 1979. Let’s …

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Why Commercial Roof Proposals Are Over Budget (What Options You Have?)

Greg PalyaCost/Pricing

Summary: Sometimes commercial roofing projects can be very complex. Different roof systems, multiple penetrations, different slopes…these can all happen in one roofing project. These difficulties make projects expensive, as was the case for Metzenbaum Center in Geauga County until they installed a non-traditional roofing system. Let’s say that you’re the property manager of a large commercial building. The roof has …

how does spray foam roofing work

How Does Spray Foam Roofing Work?

Greg PalyaSpray Polyurethane Foam Roofing

Say you’re a building owner. Say you’re having roof issues. Say you’d like to take care of the problem as quickly…and as cost-effectively as possible. If this is you, I’d like to introduce you to a roofing system that most don’t know about. It’s called spray polyurethane foam roofing and we’ll explain how the system works below. Before we get …

roofers installing a spray foam roof

Spray Foam Roofing 101: 6 Basics You Need to Know

Greg PalyaSpray Polyurethane Foam Roofing

Here’s an introduction to spray foam roofing, which will cover these six points:  Let’s get started… 1. What is spray foam roofing? Spray foam roofing is a watertight roofing system that has three parts: The foam is produced by combining and heating two chemicals. These chemicals are pumped from a truck, transferred through a heated hose, and then sprayed onto …

Why Spray Foam Roofs Need 2 Layers of Coating

Greg PalyaSpray Polyurethane Foam Roofing

Let’s say you need some work done…say you need your car painted. You see if any of your friends can do it…nope. You see if anyone in your family knows a car painter…nope. You contemplate watching 5 hours of YouTube videos, hanging up a tarp in your garage and spending money on likely one-time-use supplies…huge nope! Your only option is …