Blog - Cenco Building Services: Denver Insulation

Some of the most difficult areas to protect on a roof installation are the facets on which there is a change of pitch. Creating watertight roof transitions requires multiple layers of overlapping materials, installed in a sequence to ensure they provide the correct protection against wind, rain and...

We could not be more thankful for the hard work by our team members at the 2020 Cenco Volunteer Day, in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity Metro Denver and our charity partner Blues and BBQ for Better Housing. Our team members weathered the cold morning to install siding and hand dig th...

As we look around, people are in need...Of a lot of things. Support, opportunity, a positive message. Perhaps now more than ever. As a group, Cenco Building Services can and will continue to help in the ways we can: our contribution is through roofing for those in need of the protection a roof provi...

Clean work sites are the most obvious indicator of the organization required to install a superior roofing system. While a roof replacement always sounds messy and appears to be chaotic, it is a carefully orchestrated process. Behind the hammering of pneumatic guns are protocols, safety checks, code...

Ventilation and flashing systems allow a roof to breathe and move water away from critical components such as chimneys, valleys, rake and eave edges. To ensure no racking of shingles and a watertight drainage channel around flashings and flanges, shingles will have to be cut to size on the roof befo...

...And each component is important! Prior to laying the first course of field shingles, you must use a dedicated starter strip over a dedicated gutter apron metal for 2 reasons: First, it ensures wind tolerance loads to make sure wind-driven rain neither gets underneath nor behind the shingles eithe...

Did you know that the average home produces 5+ gallons of water moisture every day?Much of it comes from breathing, but it is also generated by activities such as showers, cooking, and humidifying. But where does that moisture go? Trapped moisture is bad for your attic and your body.Enter synthethic...

At least the weather here in Colorado is never boring! We were happily roofing away on Saturday in 95+ degree sunshine. And today, we had to push back construction 2 days due to rain and snow. At least it will help extinguish the forest fires North of us. Stay safe, and give us a call at (720)-583-1...

A dedicated starter strip around the perimeter of your roof, under the shingles, is the only way to ensure complete protection against the straight line winds we experience through the Fall and Winter here in Colorado.For your next repair or replacement, insist on a quality Owens Corning Roofing sys...