What to know about hybrid roofs

CCS Influencer Will Lorenz says hybrid roofs are the best of both worlds.

Editor's note: The following is the transcript of a live interview with Will Lorenz of General Coatings. You can read the interview below, listen to the podcast or watch the recording.

Lauren White: Hello everyone, I'm Lauren White here for CoatingsCoffeeShop and I am joined by Will Lorenz of General Coatings. Will, it's good to see you.

Will Lorenz: Thank you, Lauren. Always nice starting off July here and got lots to talk about.

Lauren White: I know, I know. So our Coatings Influencer topic for July is hybrid roofing systems in practice. So what are your thoughts?

Will Lorenz: Well, I think it's an excellent solution. Many times when you look at an existing roof, you have components on there, such as a built up or modified roof system. And you can incorporate a combination restoration system with other reinforcements to help eliminate ponding, eliminate concerns about seams and penetrations. And you know, one of the solutions that we've thought of as is a great hybrid is pray polyurethane foam into those locations, particularly around penetrations and and across seams and fill in the low spots.

And then you restore the rest of the roof with a nice silicone or acrylic system on top of it. It's a great way without having to do tear off to extend the life of your roof and and and keep it going. So we're a big fan of it. Not every roof has to be torn off, not every roof has to have a full upgrade of a recover system, but you can use a combination systems to to get the best of both worlds and and be cost effective.

Lauren White: Amazing. Well, perfect. Thank you so much for answering our July question and we look forward to chatting with you for our August question.

Will Lorenz: Fantastic. Thank you.