RECONDITIONED TO PERFECTION
Materials
Traditional roofing systems are comprised of uniform materials throughout resulting in low-quality, low-cost systems; medium-quality, medium-cost systems; and high-quality, high-cost systems. To construct a high-quality, low-cost system a wide variety of materials must be used; they must be used in the right way; and they must be used prudently. In other words, only by applying the right materials in the right manner is it possible to construct a high-quality, low-cost system. Exactly what we do in reconditioning
Equipment
Because a wide variety of materials are required, a wide variety of equipment is also required -- and not just any equipment. For example, our emulsion trucks that house transfer pumps, moyno pumps, air compressors, and spray guns cost over $100,000 each. In short, reconditioning requires a major investment in equipment.
Crews
Many large roofing companies sub contract their work to independent roofing crews. We don't. All of our crews work directly for our company. Supervisors have a minimum of ten years with our company and the retention rate for employees is over 90%. Many of our clients state they have never seen more professional and dedicated crews. Needless to say, we are extremely proud of all of them.
A Word about Repairs
When holes are made in a roof to make room for new equipment the traditional mastics and materials used to repair these holes are low quality temporary fixes. This leads many manufacturers to void their warranties. With CB Systems we use the same materials that we used when we installed the original system. More importantly, we apply additional materials. This not only makes the repairs strong and permanent it enables us to renew our warranties forever.
Rubberized Colloidal Bitumen
For years, 'hot asphalt' was the mainstay of the roofing industry. In its original state asphalt is an extremely effective waterproofing material. However, when you heat asphalt to 425 degrees you alter its properties. To avoid this chemists and engineers developed Colloidal Bitumen.
Colloidal Bitumen is pure asphalt that's milled into microscopic particles approximately 8 microns in diameter (a micron is a millionth of a meter). The asphalt is then encased and surrounded with Bentonite clay and 'colloidilly' suspended in a water-based emulsion. This simple act of milling and encasing pure asphalt with Bentonite clay preserves its suppleness, differentiates it from 'hot asphalt', and makes it impervious to standing water.
Colloidal Bitumen has proven itself to be one of the most effective flat roof waterproofing materials for over sixty years. By incorporating highly flexible State-of-the-Art additives into the Colloidal Bitumen we've converted it into Rubberized Colloidal Bitumen. This enables the membrane to expand and contract to counter the continual shifting of flat roof substructures.
The end result is the only roofing system in the world capable of restructuring and reshaping itself whenever its sub-structure shifts and moves.