Franklin Fibre
Spray Foam Roof Installed in Wilmington, DE
- Location – Wilimington, DE
- Roof Size – 50,000 square feet
- Roof System Installed – Spray Foam Roof (SPF) with Conklin’s Benchmark base-coat and Puma XL
topcoat - Warranty – 18 years
- Roof Details
- Existing roof deck – metal corrugated decking
- Original roof – tar and gravel roof
- Second roof- EPDM rubber
- Unique Challenges
- Active manufacturing facility where a complete tear off of both layers would have forced them to shut down production
- Owner did not want mechanical fasteners coming through the metal decking
- Poor drainage in several areas
- Solution
- With the SPF system, a full tear off was not required
- We removed the rubber membrane, cleaned the original roof and installed the SPF system directly to the old roof
- Added internal drains to prevent ponding water
- Manufacturing was not disrupted
- Benefits
- Building is leak-free
- Increased R-Value significantly
- Puma XL white top coat decreases the roof temps in summer, lower cooling costs
- 18 year non pro-rated warranty