Hypalon Roofing System

We have seen more and more fairly subtle but important deficiencies with the following roof types.

Hypalon roofing system.

In a recent webinar on cool roofing a presenter discussed some concerns with the roofing industry s focus on single ply roof membranes based on thermoplastic polyolefin tpo. The presenter noted that hypalon the trademarked chlorsulfonated polyethylene cspe supplied by dupont was now out of the u s. Hypalon single ply roofing membranes come manufactured in rolls like traditional asphalt rolled roofing and other single ply roofing materials. This system offers only a single layer of protection.

The expected service life of a hypalon system is around 17 years. Hypalon roof systems are a single ply system and offer better chemical resistance and uv stability than other single ply systems. An old dupont product data sheet for hypalon. As a hypalon roof ages and thermal cycles the fasteners begin to come loose and the seams begin to separate.

Viewable at burke industries website as a pdf document. Market a situation that would likely expand the use of tpo based single plies. 3 thermoplastic polyolefin tpo and pvc membrane roofs. Application guidelines for hypalon single ply roofs.

Provided by the conklin company. These roof membranes are then anchored to the roof deck with special fasteners and adhesives. 1 ethylene propylene ep and hypalon roof systems 2 pvc blend membranes manufactured by duralast. See this hypalon roof system specification for an idea of how a hypalon roof system is put together.

Our roof coating systems can be installed on mechanically fastened or fully adhered single ply hypalon systems.