New Article "Building Waterproof Roof Decks" in Professional Deck Builder Magazine

July/August 2014 PDB

Professional Deck Builder July/August 2014 magazine issue is out with a story by Bill Leys on best practices to building and waterproofing decks. 

Building Waterproof Roof Decks is a 6 page article that discusses the best practices builders should utilize in building construction when the deck is being framed and built. Click the link to download your free copy courtesy of Deck Builder magazine.  

The article is an offshoot of our seminar we present to builders and architects on building and waterproofing decks. I've presented this seminar at JLC LIVE in Portland in 2013, Providence in 2014 and I'll be back again presenting in Portland in December 2014.

 

See the details of my seminars at this years event here https://nw.jlclive.com/Attendee/Conference/SpeakerDetails?id=135995

Bill Leys Presents Seminar at JLC Live in Providence RI

The room filling up before the start. 

Our seminar is scheduled and ready to start!

Over 30 east coast contractors from New Jersey, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts New Hampshire and New York filled the room at the Rhode Island Convention Center on Thursday March 20 to hear me present a 3 hour seminar on Best Construction Practices in Building and Waterproofing Decks.

Attendees learned about the various Division Seven Pedestrian Traffic Coatings available, their differences, pro's and con's and how to select the proper system for the job at hand.

The Powerpoint based seminar also reviewed construction methods for building a decks framing and substrates for tile and pedestrian coatings.

Several editors from Hanley Wood's JLC magazine also sat in on the presentation.

The presentation at JLC coincided nicely with the publication of the new issue of JLC, which featured our new article on deck drains and scuppers.

I received a nice round of applause  at the end of the session. I thank the attendees and JLC Live staff, especially Julie Clifford and Olivia Espinosa for having me at JLC in Providence! I hope to see you at JLC in Portland again next year.

Contact us for scheduling a seminar on building and waterproofing decks. Custom seminars based on the audience-architects, builders, homeowner association managers and more are available. Call Bill at 805-801-2380

Pli-Dek to Raise Prices September 1st

Pli-Dek became the third manufacturer in the last week to announce a price increase recently in their wholesale prices to distributors.

Pressure from increasing costs of materials, delivery and raw goods is the cause...

Buy now and save!

Pli-Dek Joins Waterproofdeckcoatingadvice.com as a Paid Sponsor

Pli-Dek Inc of Murrieta CA has joined us as a sponsor of our Blog and website, becoming the first major manufacturer to step into the pool as it were...

We are glad to have Pli-Dek on board, they are a reputable company that has proven systems for waterproofing decks over plywood and concrete substrates, as well as a line of epoxy for coating concrete floors.

Be sure to visit their new website and make sure you tell them you found them here at Waterproofdeckcoatingadvice.com's Blog!

Welcome aboard!

PLI-DEK Launches Their New Website

Pli-Dek, Inc of Murrieta CA, a manufacturer of waterproof decking as well as epoxies and decorative concrete coatings, has recently updated their website.

The new website features updated pictures of sample jobs, technical drawings/details in CAD and PDF formats, as well as a distributor list and a fantastic photo gallery of finished jobs.

Click the headline or logo to go to their new website.

PLI-DEK wins the Deck Expert's Contest

Having swiped my badge at a number of manufacturer's and vendor booths,
I always wonder when (or if) I'll get my requested information in the mail.

This years winner of my "Get the sales Lit into the customers hands>" contest is PLI-DEK, a manufacturer of deck coatings and epoxy. Monday morning I went to my PO Box and there was their package, already waiting for me...

Jan Bagnall, a partner in the firm explained-"We set up our swipe system so that every badge swiped gets electronically sent to our contact database at the home office. Our staff was assembling and mailing out the packages as the swiped cards came through."

Huh, pretty simple. And effective, I have their information to review, before any other deck coating manufacturer, before anybody else.

Pretty impressive.

A couple years ago I went and worked a booth of a manufacturer; the hours of time, the investment into the show and all the leads that came in went missing or unused somehow, and we ended up with nothing to show for it. They could take a good lesson from PLI-DEK, who certainly isn't wasting their money or time.