3 trends that are affecting the Roofing Industry You Need to Be aware of

Nov 14

Industry experts, explain what the figures mean and how they will affect your roofing project and the choice of asphalt shingle.

The International Roofing Exposition is held each in the year, by the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) (IRE). Professional contractors, asphalt shingle producers, and other manufacturers of roofing products from all over North America discuss themes that pertain to both contractors and homeowners for example, including the latest trends in the roofing industry.

Roofers are repairing the roof. roofing shingle bundles get placed on the roofroofers, laying underlayment on decks and nailing shingles to the roofroofers by laying the underlayment over decks and nailing the shingles to roofroofers, nailing asphalt shingles to the roof .Roof replacements comprise the most residential contractors' work even though new home starts are predicted to rise.

Forecasts of sales

In all cases of sales abd roof replacements, asphalt shingles with a steep slope remain the most popular choice for roofing, while metal roofing comes in being a distant third. This anticipated rise is fantastic news for the residential roofing industry but what does this mean for people who plan to replace their roofs?

A variety of factors must be taken into account. Asphalt shingle makers will need to ramp up production volumes to meet projected demand.

As homeowner, you must look into whether the avondale roofing contractor you're thinking of hiring has timely access to the profile of asphalt shingles and the colour you'd like. You may also anticipate respectable roofers to be very busy, so be sure to include an acceptable waiting time for availability into your project's timeline, unless your roof requires urgent repairs.

There are so many unknown variables in the equation, it's nearly impossible to determine how demand and supply can affect pricing. The cost of petroleum-based materials employed in the manufacturing of asphalt roofing shingles, regardless of whether they're produced domestically or imported is just one of many.

Climate change

Everybody has been talking about the weather more than usual across the nation and around the globe. To explain this extreme snow- and cold weather seen in regions where winters tend to be subtropical, "global warming" has been renamed "climate change." In a residential neighbourhood, a massive hail ballstoranado swirling flooding

This river has overflowed

Extremely rare, devastating weather wreaked havoc across the country. Large hailstones fell on Georgia and Tennessee while twisters and tornadoes wreaked havoc on the plains of Oklahoma and Kansas; and extraordinarily massive accumulations of snow in the California's Sierra Nevada melted, threatening power dams and flooding large areas, and bringing an end to long periods of drought.

Extreme weather played a major impact on the growth of roofing sales and production. "This was among the largest storm seasons we've experienced in the past four years and the demand for roofing was definitely on the rise," said Keith Lowe, Vice President of Sales at IKO. We expect this trend to persist into 2017 since storm activity is not expected to taper down."

The data on storms provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) agrees, stating that there 2037 major storms that impacted the country in the year 2016. Although it's a small increase, it was the largest amount in more than three years, creating an interruption in the asphalt shingle supply chain.

If you're intending to replace your roof, you should take into consideration current climate conditions in your region and choose asphalt shingles that are appropriate to the conditions of the present.