Inca Roofing Inc.

Urethane Walk Deck and Waterproofing
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AMA Tradeshow Game Time Inca Jeopardy!

Our Inca Roofing Team Estimators Kirk and Doug, Controller Tabatha, and Production Scheduler Maria

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Tile Fact or Fiction

Tile is the most popular type of roofing material on Earth? Fact or Fiction...

Fact: Tile is the most popular type of material around the globe for sloped roofs and dates back to approximately 10,000 B.C. when clay tile was used in China. Clay tile was also used in times when the pyramids were built.

Happy Friday and I hope you enjoy another Friday tidbit in roofing!

Foamy Factoids: Fact or Fiction- You Decide

-Sprayed foam causes echo in the building.
-Open cell foam doesn't increase the echo but closed cell foam will.
-Spraying polyurethane foam on your house causes male children
to grow b***s.
-All sprayed foam is the same.
-Closed spray foam adds structural support to the home.
-Spray foam will smell for years.
-Spray foam is expensive.
-Spray foam cannot be used in warm climates.

If you would like to know the answers to these questions give us a call.

Happy Monday and we hope you enjoy this Truth or Fiction!

Residential Re-Roof Standing Seam Metal and Foam Recoat -

Fun Fact on Polyurethane Foam
Polyurethane was discovered in 1937 by Otter Bayer, chemist at IG Farben in Germany as a result of a chemical reaction between polyester diol and diisocyante. This formula in early work focused on producing fibers and flexible foam, and during World War II, polyurethanes were used on a limited scale as aircraft coating.
First commercial production of flexible polyurethane foam began in Europe in 1954, and soon after in the United States.
Polyurethane Foam’s success has been unstoppable, today it’s used in many products and applications.
Roofing- polyurethane foam is seamless, self-flashing, and can be used over many existing substrates. Polyurethane foam can also be applied over irregular surfaces with ease. This provides insulation adding to R Value.
Imagine having your home to stay cooler in hotter months and warm in the colder months based on the amount of polyurethane foam applied onto the roof deck to raise the R Value.
Many will ask what is R Value well that is simply a way to measure how much resistance the insulation has to heat flow. The higher the R Value, the more the resistance to heat (better insulation).

I have to say I did a lot of Googling/research for the origins of polyurethane foam and had some fun, I did not know that it was used in World Word II in airplanes... very interesting fact.