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Thermoplastic olefin

Thermoplastic olefin

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Sep 15, 2026

TJHOST
27:43
So the next most popular kind of roof is called – it's a membrane roof.
TJHOST
27:50
So TPO is – it's basically like PVC.
TJHOST
27:56
Similar to like a rubber membrane roof, but like the TPO is a little bit higher quality.
TJHOST
28:01
So if we go back to our roof pitches, you could do anything you want when it's 8-12, 12-12, like whatever.
TJHOST
28:10
It doesn't matter.
KatieHOST
28:59
Yeah.
TJHOST
29:00
Under two, you switch from metal to membrane.
TJHOST
29:05
TPO.
Jesse SuttonGUEST
7:19
Yeah, abs- absolutely.
Jesse SuttonGUEST
7:20
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.
Jesse SuttonGUEST
7:33
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.
Jesse SuttonGUEST
7:45
Uh, and what that brings is a whole host of benefits from, uh, increased puncture resistance, increased tear, uh, resistance.
Jesse SuttonGUEST
10:24
Yeah.
Jesse SuttonGUEST
10:25
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.
Jesse SuttonGUEST
10:46
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.
Jesse SuttonGUEST
11:03
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.
Frank Mortl IIIHOST
7:45
Some of the grittiness about SPF Roofing, market share, and the state of the industry.
Frank Mortl IIIHOST
7:50
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.
Frank Mortl IIIHOST
8:08
Why? What's the answer from you guys on, on why that is the case currently?
Jack MooreGUEST
8:14
You're right.
Karen EdwardsHOST
18:05
And we interviewed a lot of those students that were competing in the roofing portion.
Karen EdwardsHOST
18:09
Now it's commercial, flat, you know, TPO students.
Karen EdwardsHOST
18:13
But there's all everything in roofing is represented there.
Karen EdwardsHOST
18:16
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.

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