STP1349
Roofing Research and Standards Development, 4th Volume
140 pages, 1998, Soft Cover
$54.00

Features the latest research on topics that are crucial for the roofing industry. Experts in the field present nine comprehensive, peer-reviewed papers split into the following two categories:

• Low-Sloped Roofing -- Key areas discussed include:
• Standardization of roofing membranes service life prediction
• In-Service thermoplastic olefin roof membrane evaluation
• Field performance of single-ply chlorinated polyethylene roof membranes
• Comparison of standard and modified asphalt roof systems
• Hail resistant coating standards.

• Steep Roofing -- major topics include:
• Artificial slate deterioration
• Asphalt shingle wind resistance research
• Racked vs. traditionally applied three tab strip shingles
• Asphalt-glass felt shingles blister tests
• Fiber glass asphalt crack-initiation fracture toughness.