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When it comes to advanced waterproofing protection for windows, doors, and other vulnerable areas, LeakBarrier Butyl Flashing is the ideal solution. This high-performance flashing tape combines the durability of a butyl-based adhesive with a robust polyethylene film, delivering exceptional long-term waterproofing performance. LeakBarrier Butyl is perfect for both residential and commercial projects, offering a reliable defense against water intrusion that protects your building envelope from damage caused by moisture.

Why Choose LeakBarrier Butyl?

• Superior Butyl Adhesive: Unlike traditional flashing products, LeakBarrier Butyl features a high-tack butyl adhesive that offers superior adhesion to a wide range of surfaces, including wood, metal, concrete, and masonry. This ensures a tight, durable bond that remains intact, even in challenging conditions.
• Waterproofing Protection: LeakBarrier Butyl creates an effective barrier against water infiltration, ensuring long-lasting moisture protection. It’s ideal for use around windows, doors, and other penetrations where water could otherwise seep in and cause damage. The advanced butyl adhesive provides excellent waterproofing in a variety of applications.
• Cold-Weather Installation: One of the standout features of LeakBarrier Butyl is its ability to be installed in temperatures as low as 15°F. This cold-weather performance makes it an ideal flashing solution for projects where temperature fluctuations might otherwise hinder installation schedules.
• Durability and Flexibility: LeakBarrier Butyl’s flexible design makes it easy to conform to irregular surfaces and corners, ensuring a complete seal without gaps. Its polyethylene film offers added durability, making it resistant to tears, punctures, and wear. This combination of flexibility and strength ensures a long-lasting solution for your waterproofing needs.
• Temperature and UV Resistance: Designed to perform in a wide range of temperatures, LeakBarrier Butyl remains effective in both hot and cold climates. Additionally, it is resistant to UV exposure, allowing it to withstand sunlight for extended periods during the construction process without losing its performance capabilities.
• Self-Sealing Properties: LeakBarrier Butyl self-seals around fasteners and penetrations, providing added protection against leaks. Its high-tack butyl adhesive creates a reliable seal that maintains its integrity, even with temperature fluctuations.
• Easy Application: With its peel-and-stick design, LeakBarrier Butyl is simple to install. Its self-adhering properties eliminate the need for additional adhesives or fasteners, making installation faster and more cost-effective for contractors and builders.

Multiple Applications: LeakBarrier Butyl is versatile and can be used in a variety of applications, including around windows, doors, wall junctions, and other critical areas. It’s perfect for both residential and commercial projects where waterproofing is essential to the integrity of the building envelope.

Where Can LeakBarrier Butyl Be Used?
LeakBarrier Butyl is the go-to flashing solution for protecting windows, doors, wall junctions, and other penetrations from water damage. Whether you’re working on a new construction project or a renovation, this product provides reliable waterproofing and ensures the long-term performance of your building.

Discover the exceptional performance of LeakBarrier Butyl Flashing and how it can improve your next project. Contact Tarco today to learn more, request product samples, or inquire about pricing.

Tarco today announced it has joined in support of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety's (IBHS) FORTIFIED Home'* program. Tarco will work to make our communities more resilient by improving the ability of our nation's homes to resist severe weather by promoting FORTIFIED Home's voluntary severe storm protection system upgrades.

"Tarco is pleased to support FORTIFIED Home," said David McCumber, VP of Sales. "We believe in strengthening our communities and will continue to demonstrate our commitment to help our customers protect their biggest investment."

In support of FORTIFIED Home, Taco will:

• Help spread the word about the importance of resilience to our staff, customers, partners, and community.
• Support FORTIFIED Home by offering our roofing accessories and LeakBarrier Products as part of the FORTIFIED Home's recommended products for roofs.
• Highlight our achievements with recognition offered through FORTIFIED Home.

"Improving the ability of our nation's homes to withstand severe weather is critical to protecting what is priceless and strengthening our communities," said Fred Malik, Director of FORTIFIED Programs at IBHS. "From the roof to the foundation, FORTIFIED Home allies are leading the way by making the homes where we live stronger, safer, and more durable."

FORTIFIED Home was introduced by IBHS in 2010 as a voluntary set of home upgrades. Today, FORTIFIED Homes are being built in many of America's coastal communities.

For more information about IBHS' FORTIFIED Home program: FORTIFIEDHome.org

About Tarco

Taco is a leading manufacturer of roofing and building envelope products, including the LeakBarrier line of products. Our commitment to innovation and quality ensures that our products meet the highest standards of performance and reliability. 

About the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)

IBHS is an independent nonprofit scientific research and communications organization supported by the property insurance industry. The organization works to reduce the social and economic effects of natural disasters and other risks on residential and commercial property by conducting building science research and advocating improved construction, maintenance, and preparedness practices. Visit IBHS.org for more information about creating resilient communities and the FORTIFIED Home program.

Today, we are proud to shine the spotlight on David McCumber, our esteemed Vice President of Sales at Tarco! With 16 years of service, David has been a driving force behind Tarco’s growth and success in the roofing and building envelope industry. His servant-style leadership, which places a strong emphasis on supporting his team and clients, has earned him widespread respect and recognition across the construction industry.

David’s leadership has been pivotal in shaping Tarco’s sales strategies, fostering long-term relationships with partners and clients, and ensuring that our roofing and building envelope products, like LeakBarrier underlayments and waterproofing membranes, are synonymous with quality and reliability. His deep understanding of the industry and his unwavering commitment to meeting the needs of our clients have made a lasting impact on Tarco’s growth.

Outside of his professional life, David is a proud father of two and recently embraced a new role as a grandfather. Family is at the heart of everything David does, and when he’s not leading our sales team, he enjoys spending quality time with his children and grandchildren. His strong family values are reflected in the way he leads at Tarco—always supportive, always thoughtful, and always prioritizing the people around him.

At Tarco, we believe that great leadership starts with individuals like David, who are not only committed to achieving success but also dedicated to nurturing a culture of respect, growth, and collaboration. His contributions over the past 16 years have been invaluable, and we are excited to see what the future holds under his continued leadership.
Thank you, David, for your dedication and for being such an integral part of the Tarco family. We look forward to many more years of success together!

High-Quality Mineral-Surfaced Self-Adhering Cap Sheet Comes in Nine Colors

One of TARCO's best-selling products is the LeakBarrier® EasyStick ® Plus self-adhering mineral surface cap sheet membrane and the corresponding EasySystem products. This system is highly regarded by contractors and they are good for your bottom line, too.

According to a new Global Info Research study, the metal roofing market globally is expected to reach $18 billion in 2024, up from $14.5 billion in 2019. Furthermore, it is reported that the largest consumption of metal roofing is in North America. This 4.4 percent annual growth rate in this market simply cannot be ignored by roofing materials manufacturers and distributors.

Contractors Can Self-Promote with Custom Printing of Synthetic Underlayment

The ability to print on the surface of synthetic underlayment offers a substantial marketing advantage to your customers in the communities where they do business. Printing an underlayment with the roofing contractor's name, phone number and logo adds value for roofing contractors.

The neighbors notice when the name of a local roofing contractor is displayed and they do care who is doing business in their communities. So the custom printing of synthetic underlayment with the company name along with the logo and tagline of a local roofing contractor makes a lot of sense and adds value for the contractor!

Inventories Depleted as Boom Follows Bust

Across the board, prices of building materials have been skyrocketing for the past few months. Distributors are reporting that increases of five to ten percent on building materials are typical for nearly every manufacturer. An increase of less than five percent is an exception while many product lines have seen a whopping 15 percent increase or even more!

However, these price increases are out of line with the inflation rate. Figure 1 shows the inflation rate was less than one percent in the United States in 2020. So, if inflation is not driving up the prices of building materials, what is causing it then?

How to Capitalize on Colored Self-Adhered Cap Sheets in Residential Roofing

The EasyStick Plus self-adhering cap sheet is designed for use in low-slope and steep-slope roofing systems. That includes residential and light commercial, institutional and industrial applications of all shapes and sizes.

Ever since EasyStick Plus was added to the TARCO LeakBarrier® product line, nearly two decades ago, roofing contractors have valued the value proposition it offers—high quality coupled with effective cost.

Building products distributors are keenly aware that the roofing underlayment industry has undergone tremendous economic upheavals in the new millennium. For more than a century, asphalt-saturated organic felts dominated as the de facto standard for residential roofing. That is certainly no longer the case!

Today, by some estimates, more than 75 percent of the underlayment market share has been captured by synthetics and premium modified bitumen membranes, especially for use under tile and metal roofing.

Distributors have the choice of three broad categories of roofing underlayments to offer to their customer base: Asphalt saturated roofing felt; Synthetic underlayments; and Modified bitumen membranes.

Typically, contractors choose the type of underlayments based on various factors such as, job requirements, performance criteria, building code requisites, and roofing system specifications as well as cost and familiarity with the product. For a long time, asphalt saturated roofing felt was the primary underlayment material that was used. In the last thirty years, we have witnessed the introduction of premium modified bitumen based underlayments followed by the advent of polymeric sheets, also known as synthetic underlayments.