Elmers Roofing Service

Elmer's Roofing Service

Hortonville, WI

My name is Elmer Dowling from WI. I have been in the roofing business since 1976 and in the last 38 years I have installed most of the roofing systems available in the industry to date. I was introduced to the Conklin roof coating business in 2006 and have been building my roof coatings business ever since.

I started out like most do, with shingles (3-tab, t-locks, Dutch lap, and architecturals) then learned how to install cedar shakes and metal roofing. From there I went on to learn commercial roofing which includes BUR (hot tar) single plys (EPDM, Mod-Bit,TPO's and PVC roofs) and most recently Elastomeric Roof Coatings.

 I am a Trained Conklin Contractor trained in how to correctly install the different coating systems Conklin has to offer.

I choose to install Conklin's Roofing Systems for a couple reasons:
First, they offered training so I would understand what I would be doing. Second they simply manufacture a quality product that has a proven track record for the last 40 years!

Conklin Roofing Systems have been applied to over 2 billion square feet of roofing throughout the United States since 1977.
The Conklin Company provides innovative roofing systems for a wide variety of roofing applications. 

Let me inspect your roof to see how I can
help you with your roofing needs! 

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Or call...... 920-779-9690

Benefits of Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) roof systems [+ video]

Foam roofing systems provide many benefits to home and building owners, including waterproofing, insulation value, superior strength, light weight, durability, uplift wind resistance, and longevity.

Spray Polyurethane Foam, or "SPF", has been around for over 40 years. It is applied as a liquid using plural-component spray equipment and expands 30 times its original liquid volume to form a hard, closed-cell monolithic roof surface. Polyurethane foam dries within seconds after it is applied to the roof surface, resulting in a weather-tight roofing membrane that is fully adhered to the substrate.

Once the SPF has been applied to the proper thickness and finish specifications, a protective layer of elastomeric, acrylic, silicone, or polyurethane coating or granule is applied. This protective layer produces a durable, weather-resistant surface and that can be walked on for normal maintenance.

If a white roof coating is chosen, further energy efficiency and sustainability benefits will be realized over the life of the roof as well.

Spray polyurethane foam roofing systems have good adhesion to a variety of substrates, including metal, wood, concrete, modified bitumen, asphalt shingle, clay tile, and built-up, so in many cases this is a viable alternative to re-roofing.

With facilities budgets being more carefully managed in today's economy, there is a growing desire by roofing contractors to provide owners with durable, long-lasting yet affordable roofing systems that combine high energy performance with low maintenance costs.

Under suitable environmental conditions, a relatively small crew can install large jobs and tear-off is usually not required, which keeps costs and project durations low. Although SPF may be a good fit for your building, it does take an experienced, certified contractor to specify, install, or maintain these systems correctly.

How long do foam roofing systems last? Multiple studies conducted by the National Roofing Foundation found that SPF roofs have an effective service life of more than 30 years, assuming proper and regular inspections, cleaning and maintenance are performed. SPF roofing systems typically are re-coated every 10-15 years to maximize the life of the roof system.

SPF roofing systems vary widely in cost depending on the foam thickness required, the type and thickness of the coating or covering, the degree of substrate preparation, availability of contractors in a specific region, and other factors. As with other roofing systems there are both high-end and low-end material.

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Conklin foam & coatings system for flat roofs [+ video]

Watch as an existing smooth built-up roof in Bloomington, Illinois is covered with sprayed-in-place polyurethane foam (SPF) and coated with Conklin's Benchmark base coat and white reflective top coating.

This job was completed by Conklin Roofing Systems Master Contractor Ted Williams of Williams Roofing & Construction in Springfield, Illinois. A jobsite interview with the building owner's representative reveals that he chose this particular system due to the energy savings and lack of need to tear-off the existing roof system. Narrated by Randy Patton of Patton Services (White Roofing Systems).


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Conklin foam and coatings for flat roofs [+ video]

Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) roofing systems are growing in demand due to their "green" energy-saving properties. Conklin roofing contractors can apply a foam and coatings roofing system on your building.

Conklin coatings, which are sprayed over the spray-in-place foam insulation system, are VOC compliant, durable, energy efficient, economical, and weatherproof to protect your new or existing building for years to come. SPF chemically bonds itself to the existing roof surface, so no tear-off is required (saving money, time and the environment). SPF is extremely light, adding very little weight load to the building. It provides a seamless, water-tight design that withstands the toughest weather conditions and harshest temperature extremes.

Foam and coating systems can be applied over built-up, single-ply, modified bitumen, metal, and other roof systems. The maintenance costs of a foam and coating system are among the lowest lifecycle costs in the roofing industry.

Before the foam can be applied, the roof must be cleared of dirt and debris, and all wet, moist or damaged and ponding water areas are repaired. Then the foam is sprayed on the roof to the specified thickness before the base coat is applied. Finally, the white reflective top coat is applied.

If you would like a color other than white, a show-coat can be applied as well. A variety of warranty options are available (up to 10 years) as well.


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Are foam roofing systems sustainable?

Oak Ridge National Laboratories describes sustainable or 'green' roofing systems as “roofing systems that have a long life, low maintenance, save energy, add durability to buildings, control moisture in buildings, and contribute very little to the waste stream.”

Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) roofing systems from Conklin meet every criteria of this definition. SPF roofing systems greatly reduce tear-off's in many re-roofing projects, which also decreases the amount of materials entering the waste stream. In fact, SPF systems manufactured today do not contain any ozone-depleting chemicals, and the energy-saving characteristics can save considerable amounts of fossil fuel and CO2 production, which positively affects global warming.

SPF roof systems arrive on the jobsite in 55-gallon drums that create the foam plastic, which expands 30x its original volume on-site. This saves greatly on the fuel used for transportation. SPF roofing systems also add durability in severe weather events, such as hurricanes, and last more than 30 years with proper installation and maintenance. The R-value is approximately six per inch.

SPF roofing systems are applied above the roof deck and are typically are coated with light-colored, reflective coatings. These systems eliminate thermal bridging by providing a continuous layer of insulation over existing thermal bridges in the roof deck and/or assembly.


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When re-covering a roof, liquid-applied membranes are an excellent choice

There are two installation options when it comes to liquid-applied membranes: squeegee and spray application (which is generally used with coated-polyurethane-foam systems).

Liquid applied systems are highly useful as re-covers for weight-sensitive applications, such as pre-engineered steel buildings. Coated-polyurethane-foam systems are excellent for adding insulating value to a re-cover roof and fixing slope-to-drain problems, and for those in more arid regions, they also have the benefit of being sensitive to humidity during installation.

PLEASE NOTE: If a silicone roof coating is used, the roof system is not sensitive to grease and oil emissions, as silicone is fairly inert.

Squeegee-applied roof systems are mostly used to prolong the life of an existing smooth-surface roof. They are an effective, low-cost alternative to re-roofing but are not necessarily a permanent replacement. Newer, liquid-applied roofing systems can last as long as 10 years, but the roof has to be in fairly stable and dry condition when the new liquid membrane is applied.

There are several options available when undertaking a re-roofing project. Sorting them out before bidding is the best way to assure the most appropriate roof system is chosen for the building. A properly trained and knowledgeable roofing contractor can help differentiate the options.

If you are not currently working with a particular roofing contractor or feel uncomfortable having the same company both designing and installing your roof, an architect or engineer who specializes in roof consulting can sort out the best options and provide construction documents that allow you to bid out the work to the best contractors, knowing the roof system is optimized to fit your building.

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Cold Call + Cool Roof Recommendation = A Sizzling Opportunity for Conklin IBO Delmarva Roofing & Coating, Inc.

When Conklin Roofing Systems Independent Business Owner Sheldon Swartzentruber made a cold call to Playtex® Products, Inc. to offer his roofing services, he was given a job nobody wanted – re-roofing the facility’s boiler room. Other contractors, it seems, had experienced problems with re-roofing the area over the boiler room because of the heat stacks, and no one was interested in that particular task.

A perfect job for Conklin’s spray foam roof system
Sheldon’s successful re-roof of the Playtex boiler room led to several more small jobs, until eventually Playtex began accepting his bids for larger jobs. Now his company, Delmarva Roofing & Coating, Inc., re-coats a section of roof per year for Playtex on average, and Sheldon has had the opportunity to try a number of Conklin systems on the expansive Dover, DE facility.

“To date, we have installed Conklin foam and coating on approximately 400,000 square feet of the facility,” says Sheldon. “The majority of jobs that we do for Playtex are spray foam systems,” he continues, “but we frequently use the Single-Ply system on sections of new construction, because architects tend to prefer membrane systems — and the 15-year warranty that we offer with them.” Sheldon’s team has applied Hy-Crown® membrane on approximately 180,000 square feet of the facility.

Old is New Again
Delmarva's next Playtex job involved renewing Conklin’s superior protection on the two original sections of foam and coating that were put down almost two decades ago – an 18,000 square-foot section, to which Sheldon originally applied a Conklin roof in 1991, and a 56,700 square-foot section that Sheldon originally coated with Conklin systems in 1993. “At that time,” says Sheldon, “I figured that each of those roofs would last about 12–15 years. Now almost 20 years later, the roofs are still problem-free and going strong — they’re just in need of a warranty renewal.”

In addition to the exceptional long-term performance of Conklin Roofing Systems, says Sheldon, “building owners like our roofs because they’re environmentally friendly, and also kind to the customer’s bottom line.”


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Spray Foam Adhesives Strengthen Your Building’s Roof (Part 3)

Also see Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series.
According to NCFI Polyurethanes, their product complies with the requirements for use both inside and outside High Velocity Hurricane Zones (HVHZ) as listed in their Florida Product Approval #9975. ”We worked long hours with the University of Florida to get that initial Florida Product Approval. They make sure products are safe and work for the state’s homeowners. Since then, we’ve tested our products at a Miami-Dade approved third-party laboratory and are expecting a Miami-Dade NOA approval on InsulStar® in the very near future,” Hoerter said.

There are several application techniques that NCFI promotes for spray foam usage in wind destruction mitigation that can also accomplish insulation and potential energy savings as well.

Level-1 is simply for wind destruction mitigation and involves the application of the spray foam adhesive ”fillet” at the junction of the roof wood sheathing and rafter/truss.

Level-2 maintains the traditional vented attic assembly, follows all the Level -1 steps for wind destruction mitigation, but also includes the application of 1/2 to 1 inch of foam across all of the roof sheathing. This thin application foam provides just enough insulation to keep the attic temperature significantly lower than normal in the hot southern climates. Reduction of the hot temperature in the attic space can have positive results on the cooling efficiency of the home and moisture/condensation issues with HVAC equipment in that space.

Level-3 (also the most energy efficient) method includes all of the Level-1 wind destruction mitigation application, but instead of maintaining a vented attic assembly, a full covering of several inches of sprayed polyurethane foam is applied to the entire underside of the roof area covering all vents and completely sealing the attic space to create a much more energy efficient unvented attic space.

Extensive testing by universities, SPF manufacturers (like Conklin Company) and third party groups now demonstrate that closed-cell insulating sprayfoam adhesive provides solid structural benefits to the home, insulation value, and water barrier properties.

The state of Florida requires insurance companies to offer Florida homeowner’s discounts or credits for construction techniques that reduce damage and loss in windstorms. The wind portion of their total homeowners insurance premium can be a substantial amount and the savings from installing spray foam insulation are generally 60 to 80 percent of the windstorm premium and 25 and 60 percent of the total annual premium.

Savings tend to be greater for homes built before 2002 and greatest for homes close to the coast. Every insurance company’s discount structure is different, but some homeowners located near the coast report premiums reduced by more than half after application of closed cell spray foam insulation in the attic, bonded to the underside of the roof sheathing.

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Spray Foam Adhesives Strengthen Your Building’s Roof (Part 2)

Also see Part 1 of this blog series

In a test conducted by Clemson University’s Civil Engineering Department in 1998, it was demonstrated that roofs with SPF adhesive like the ones made by Conklin can withstand 2 to 3.5 times more uplift resistance than roofs held together with nails alone. In one test sequence using 5/8 nailed OSB, the roof system had an uplift resistance of 87 pounds per square foot. The addition of SPF adhesive increased the uplift resistance to 314 pounds per square foot.

To prevent water intrusion, the spray foam is also applied across all the sheathing seams. When roof sheathing is installed, there is often a small gap left between the sheathing panels, often as large as 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide. This small space can allow water to enter the home if the external roof shingles or tiles are compromised. The external roof shingles or tiles are typically the first part of a roof system to fail in hurricane-force winds. With the spray foam protecting these gaps as a secondary barrier, water cannot penetrate the roof if the shingles are blown away.

In a recent interview with Jason Hoerter, Sr. Product Manager and building science engineer with NCFI Polyurethanes, we learned about NCFI’s focus on this market sector and the company’s recent accomplishments with third party qualified testing and Florida Product Approvals for their InsulStar® product line.

Hoerter mentions, ”The 2007 University of Florida tests were substantial in their ability to prove concept for spray foam as a wind destruction mitigation product solution. But the bar has been raised significantly higher now that we have actual third party qualified test results and a Product Approval from the state of Florida for InsulStar® spray foam.”

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Spray Foam Adhesives Strengthen Your Building’s Roof (Part 1)

More and more hurricanes continue to slam to the U.S. eastern coastline each year. In the past decade, billions of  dollars worth of property damage and lost lives have prompted research and product development to help prevent this continued destruction to our homes and businesses.

Since 1989, over $130 billion in losses were filed due to hurricane related insurance claims. A startling $85 billion of destruction occurred in 2004 and 2005 alone. A large percentage of these losses were directly caused by severe wind and rain exposure from failed roof decks, according to a 1998 study by Clemson University. Many of these roof deck failures can be traced to outmoded nailing schedules or poor workmanship. Even well constructed roofs are often sorely unqualified to deal with the kind of weather extremes experienced in the southeastern coastal states.

Spray polyurethane foam (SPF) is most widely known for its superior energy saving insulation qualities in residential and commercial building. Unknown to many folks, is that spray foam (like the one made by Conklin) is also being used a construction adhesive to make residential roofs stronger and resist the wind and water damage effects of hurricanes and high winds.

Roof uplift is the main threat to an overhanging roof in a high-wind event. In hurricane force winds, roof system failure occurs when the roof cannot withstand the uplift pressure exerted on the eaves and overhangs. When the wind is blowing perpendicular to the ridge of a roof, positive pressure is created on the windward side and negative pressure is created on the other side. This produces high uplift forces in these areas, which can cause all or parts of the roof to blow off.

In this application, spray foam is applied from inside the attic to the underside of the roof structure. Specifically, the SPF is applied into the corner areas where the joists (trusses) meet the roof sheathing. Instead of traditional ”one-point” adhesion from just the nails through the sheathing, there is now ”three-point” adhesion. This comes from the nails at the top, and foam adhesive that spans nearly three inches down the joist and out onto the sheathing, on both sides of every joist. The foam adhesive also runs the entire length of the joist in a continuous glue-like bead, or fillet.

The spray foam adhesive creates a tenacious bond between the roof sheathing and joist structure that helps to resist and protect the roof structure from severe winds.

According to tests conducted in 2007 by the University of Florida and various spray foam manufacturing companies, spray foam provides up to three to four times the amount of uplift wind resistance over roof construction that uses nails alone.

* Please check back for Parts 2 and 3 of this blog post series. *


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Conklin Roofing Contractor Completes University Stadium Job

Yoder's Roofing, a Conklin roofing contractor in Montezuma, GA recently completed a spray foam insulation job at the Allen E. Paulson Stadium at Georgia Southern University.
The job required Eli Yoder and his team to apply spray foam insulation to a 12,000 square-foot modified bitumen roof system that developed leaks and at the time, seemed unrepairable.

The roof was approximately 30 feet above the upper level seats and had several small air conditioning units resting on four-by-four wood curbs. “We sprayed 2.8 pound-density polyurethane BASF/FE foam at the minimum of one-inch thickness to the entire roof,” Yoder said. “Low areas of the roof were ‘built up’ with additional thickness of foam application to create proper drainage."

Following the application of the foam, Yoder and his team applied 1.9 gallons of Conklin Benchmark Base coating to every 100 square feet to all foamed areas. “We allowed the coating to cure after about 24 hours,” Yoder said. The team then applied 1.9 gallons of Conklin Benchmark Top Coat coating to every 100 square feet to all foamed areas.
During the job, Yoder’s team faced minimal challenges.

“The only challenge we faced was dealing with over spray from the wind,” Yoder said. “To remedy that problem, we set up masking procedures to catch the over spray.”

Yoder and his team successfully completed the job in about four days with positive reception from the Georgia Southern University staff. “They were very happy with the job because they no longer had to worry about leaks,” Yoder said. “Everything has been great since the job was completed.”

Since the completion of the stadium job, Yoder expects to work with Georgia Southern University on future projects. “We’ve worked with the university before, and I look forward to working with them again,” Yoder said.


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Foam Roofing at Texas A&M University

According to Gerald Scott (former Director of Energy at Texas A&M University), the campus at College Station, Texas began re-roofing their facilities using polyrethane foam like that from Conklin. Why? Because it works!

Polyrethane foam fills in any cracks and smooths over any seams or irregularities on a roof system. The potential for leaks is virtually eliminated, keeping water out and energy in.

Texas A&M University kept careful records on the performance of their roofing systems and found that they have had reductions in maintenance costs as well as decreased energy expenses.

Of the 10 million square feet of roof area at the central campus, over 90% are now protected by spray polyrethane foam. Texas A&M uses no other roof system for new or remedial roofing.

From 1980 to 1984, 27 buildings with a total of 593,529 square feet of roof area were re-roofed with spray polyrethane foam. The construction costs totaled $1.7M. Annual energy savings total $327,460, resulting in a 4 1/2 year discounted return on investment.

The bottom line? Spray polyrethane foam is an effective and relatively inexpensive roofing system to install, and provides the benefits of energy efficiency to help pay back the cost of the re-roofing you needed anyway.

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Benefits of Spray Foam Roof Systems

Spray foam roofing systems like those from Conklin provide many benefits to building owners. The two most prominent benefits are waterproofing/leak prevention and insulation value. Many additional benefits also exist such as superior compressive strength, lightweight, self-flashing, durable and long lasting.

Benefits of Spray Foam Roof Systems

• Leak-free monolithic seal over your entire roof deck
• Self-flashing
• High insulation value
• Rapid payback with energy savings
• Strong adhesion and wind uplift resistance
• Weather resistant
• Lightweight and high strength
• UL and FM approved systems

Sprayed Polyurethane Foam (SPF) is applied as a liquid using plural-component spray equipment to fill cracks and crevices. It then expands approximately 30 times its original liquid volume to form a hard, closed cell monolithic roof surface. The Polyurethane Foam dries within seconds after applied to the roof surface. Its expansion results in a weather tight roofing membrane that is fully adhered to the substrate. Because of polyurethane's lightweight it adds little additional weight to the structure and is often used in remedial applications.

Polyurethane Foam has a history of more than 35 years as a maintainable roofing medium. Polyurethane Foam adds excellent insulation value to the structure and utility bills can reflect the difference.

Once the SPF has been applied to the proper thickness and finish specifications, a protective layer of elastomeric coating or gravel is applied. This protective layer produces a durable weather resistant surface and that can be walked on for normal maintenance.


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