Consider the benefits and the disadvantages that each roofing material has for your building.
Tpo vs pvc roofing material.
Pvc is definitely affected more by heat.
After considering the environment and the climate alongside your available budget you should be able to get the right one for your building.
Tpo hit the market in 83 or 84 and pvc has been on roofs much much longer.
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Both tpo and pvc look similar but pvc has been used as a roofing material since the 1960s while tpo roofs started to be used in the 1990s.
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While it is true that pvc is a relatively hard substance the pvc that is used for roofing material has the benefit of plasticizers which are added to make the membrane more pliable.
Two of the hardest flat roof systems to tell apart is the pvc roof and the tpo roof both are white heat welded systems that look virtually identical.
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Tpo vs pvc joe june 16 2020 at 6 29 am.
Just leave the heat gun in the lap a little longer and see what happens to the pvc vs the tpo.
But other membranes haven t gone away and some have a fairly stable market share.
Go back on a roof a year or so later and the pvc roof looks like the batter head top part you beat on a drum.
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However while the face of both membranes and their installation are virtually identical they are very different systems on the inside.
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Y all are either mis or under informed.
And over time pvc seams to shrink more.
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Pvc has over 50 years of proven performance.
Over the last several years it seemed as if tpo supporters have wanted to push the membrane onto every roof.
One name proves that jp stevens.
Certainly the material has done very well and gained a large market share.