TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — Truckee resident David Curtis, inventor, retired roofing contractor and founder of Weather-Tech Fasteners has developed and patented a new fastener line for metal roofing and steel buildings.
Curtis was tired of the old-style, self-sealing hex head screws coming loose every year or two, even though it meant repeat work.
“The fact that people spend a lot of money maintaining their roofing screws is costing homeowners and the metal roofing industry a lot of money. It frustrates homeowners that they have to constantly pay to repair the screws,” said Curtis. “I hear it all the time, people with metal roofs want a composition roof because of the hex screws, but people with a composition roof understand that comp is also easily damaged by snow and ice freezing to it and moving like a small glacier, so they want metal, but they won’t switch because they know about the flawed old hex head screw”.
In Curtis’ opinion the reality is; “A metal roof is absolutely the strongest and best roof for snow country, but the hex head screws are the weak point.” (…)
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