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JUL 2016

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50 JULY 2016 COATINGSPROMAG.COM not, want not" applies to time as well as material goods! "It had never been done before, but we decided to spray apply the A lphaGuard system," said Opel. "Specs ca l led for br ush, rol l, or squeegee, but our ex per ience and ex per tise told us we cou ld ma ke spray ing happen. We were conf i- dent w ith the product, and Tremco was conf ident w ith us. Getting Tremco's go -a head made the dead line doable, because spray ing is t y pica l ly t w ice as fast as br ushing , rol ling , or squeegeeing." With a firm handle on the Sierra's first issue, the deadline, Opel set the wheels in motion. He had ideas for the other two issues; he just hoped they'd work out. First order of business was to clean the existing roofs w ithout pressure washing. Recycle and Reuse California water and waste stream regulations are among the toughest in the countr y, and Rock lin's Placer County is no exception. Most notably, allow ing water from pressure washers to enter storm drains or sewer systems is prohibited. T hankfully, Tremco's W TI Roof Tec Roof Cleaning Division knows the ropes. Using a machine about the size and shape of a f loor buffer, a two-man crew attacked the roofs w ith power- ful, non-abrasive, rotating water jets. T he dirt and spent water were instantly captured by a vacuum system and sent to a collection tank for filtering. T he Tremco crew then sprink led the filtered water onto the campus landscape — all on the up and up. How's that for recycling and reusing? Tremco also performed an infrared-based Termacore Roof Green Roof Once the waterlog ged area s were identified, the B ra zos Urethane c r e w r e p l a c e d t h at f o a m a n d co v e r e d a n y e x p o s e d a r e a s w i t h f i b e r g l a s s m a t r o o f b o a r d s . T h e b u i l d i n g s w e r e i n h a b i t e d throughout the projec t. Wr i te in Re ad e r In q u ir y #161

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