Hot take · 57:50
// THE QUOTE
“when i think of garland's r d we're taking a good product and making it better”
— Matthew Simon · The Garland Company, Inc.
R&D philosophy with a hard claim — a patent on polyurethane-infused asphalt, only ones offering it in a 75 sq ft roll — niche-credible building-science differentiation, owns up to being a plug.
Full episode at 57:50Commercial Roofing in Atlantic Canada: Lifecycle Management, Conditions Assessments, and the One-Throat-to-Choke Warranty Model (Matthew Simon, The Garland Company) ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Core-cut tear-and-tensile-strength lab testing is a more defensible life-expectancy indicator than visual inspection — a 30-year roof can still have strong integrity while a 10-year roof can be toast.
“we can come and test cores of roofs that are 20 years old if they still have a really good terran tensile strength that is a much better indicator than visual inspection”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Core-cut testing — lab verification of remaining roof life
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Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 57:50 of Commercial Roofing in Atlantic Canada: Lifecycle Management, Conditions Assessments, and the One-Throat-to-Choke Warranty Model (Matthew Simon, The Garland Company)