
Thermoplastic olefin
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Sep 15, 2026
DH:TP - 056 - Raise the Roof
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27:43TJHOST
So the next most popular kind of roof is called – it's a membrane roof.
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27:50TJHOST
So TPO is – it's basically like PVC.
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27:56TJHOST
Similar to like a rubber membrane roof, but like the TPO is a little bit higher quality.
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28:01TJHOST
So if we go back to our roof pitches, you could do anything you want when it's 8-12, 12-12, like whatever.
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28:10TJHOST
It doesn't matter.
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28:59KatieHOST
Yeah.
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29:00TJHOST
Under two, you switch from metal to membrane.
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29:05TJHOST
TPO.
Re-roofing Done Right With Re-cover
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7:19Jesse SuttonGUEST
Yeah, abs- absolutely.
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7:20Jesse SuttonGUEST
So the, the, the, uh... for those who aren't familiar with a VersaFleece membrane, so it's the standard, uh, formulations of our kinda tried and true EPDM, TPO, and PVC, and inclusive of KE membrane.
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7:33Jesse SuttonGUEST
It's all those same formulations that we're used to working with and contractors are used to working with in the field and have been for quite a while, uh, with a polyester fleece that's laminated to the backside of that membrane.
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7:45Jesse SuttonGUEST
Uh, and what that brings is a whole host of benefits from, uh, increased puncture resistance, increased tear, uh, resistance.
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10:24Jesse SuttonGUEST
Yeah.
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10:25Jesse SuttonGUEST
So, uh, once we take a look at the system and kind of evaluate if any trouble areas where there could be a potentially compromised system or wet insulation, we wanna remove and replace all of that, uh, before we kinda get into either pressure washing, or if it's a granulated surface, we wanna either, uh, use a leaf blower or a power broom to get any loose particles off.
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10:46Jesse SuttonGUEST
So we wanna, we want the cleanest surface we can get to adhere a flexible, um, dash adhesive to, whether that be on the single-ply side, uh, pressure washing, get a nice clean EPDM, TPO, or TPO surface, uh, or removing granulars or aluminized coating, something like that.
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11:03Jesse SuttonGUEST
Anything that could potentially flake off or compromise that adhesion, we wanna, we wanna get a, a nice clean surface prior to, uh, putting that new, uh, membrane down.
Addressing the SPF Roofing Training Gap with Mentorship, Apprenticeship, and Certification
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7:45Frank Mortl IIIHOST
Some of the grittiness about SPF Roofing, market share, and the state of the industry.
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7:50Frank Mortl IIIHOST
So we've been told spray foam roofing is arguably the highest performing, most energy efficient monolithic system out there, yet systems like TPO and EPDM continue to hold huge market shares.
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8:08Frank Mortl IIIHOST
Why? What's the answer from you guys on, on why that is the case currently?
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8:14Jack MooreGUEST
You're right.
Training Roofing's Future Workforce
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18:05Karen EdwardsHOST
And we interviewed a lot of those students that were competing in the roofing portion.
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18:09Karen EdwardsHOST
Now it's commercial, flat, you know, TPO students.
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18:13Karen EdwardsHOST
But there's all everything in roofing is represented there.
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18:16Karen EdwardsHOST
And I asked some of them, you know, how did you become interested in roofing? And almost every one of them said because someone came and talked to us about it.