Busy insulators vent on fiber glasss shortages, price increases

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The insulation contracting industry posted significant growth in 1999 with around 70% of the contractors with annual grosses of more than $1 million reporting increases in volume. However, some contractors experienced shortages on fiber glass insulation and passed the added material costs to customers. Residential construction accounted for 54% of the average insulators' volume while nonresidential new construction accounted for 20%. Residential and nonresidential retrofit accounted for 21% and 5%, respectively.

Drywall, Plastering, Acoustical, and Insulation Contractors, Building Insulation Contractors, Construction industry, Building insulation

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Single-ply's rising star: what makes TPOs so good?

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Thermoplastic polyolefins (TPOs) are new-generation single-ply membranes that combine the best features of EPDM and PVC. TPO membranes offer advantages such as fire and weather resistance, field seam strength, dimension stability, puncture resistance and substantial membrane thickness over the scrim. TPOs are gaining wide acceptance among roof contractors because of their cost-saving benefits and consistent and outstanding seaming performance.

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