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5 Benefits of Using Smartform Flashing on Your Roof

May 13, 2022

Flashing is a necessary component of every roof surface, needed to redirect rainwater away from various penetrations and prevent leaks into your home. So with several lead-free flashing solutions to…

Top 4 Lead-Free Flashing Options

May 11, 2022

Peter Byrne

Flashing, Lead Free, Roofing

Lead flashing has been the go-to roof flashing material for some time. Still, with a move toward safer installation and caring for the environment, non-toxic, lead-free alternatives are becoming increasingly…

Why has there been a shift to using lead free products on roofs?

November 30, 2019

Carl Pronti

Dakaflash, Flashing, Lead, Lead Free, Smartform, Wakaflex

Lead free roofs and flashing are more in demand than ever in the building and construction industry, where there’s been a worldwide shift to their use. Health and safety issues…

Lead flashing not so flash

May 1, 2019

Carl Pronti

Dakaflash, Flashing, Industry News, Lead, Lead Free, Smartform, Wakaflex

Lead is a dangerous substance. Discuss. Actually, let’s not discuss. Because all the evidence clearly shows that lead is a very, very dangerous product. So why is it still such…

2019 Australian Roofing Survey Report

February 22, 2019

Carl Pronti

Dakaflash, Dry Fixed, Flashing, RapidRidge, Roofing, Roofing Systems, Smartform, Ventilation, Wakaflex

Evo Building Products conducted the first annual Australian Roofing Survey in the last quarter of 2019. The mission was to find out how smart, innovative and future-ready Australia’s roofing solutions…

How to Install Lead Flashings on Your Roof

October 27, 2016

Carl Pronti

Flashing, Lead

Using lead flashings to keep your home dry. Lead flashings have been around a very long time and is still surprisingly widely used across Australia, despite the difficulty in handling…

The use of 15kg lead roof flashing in Victoria continues. What is the VBA doing to stop it?

August 8, 2016

Carl Pronti

Flashing, Lead, Lead Free

The use of 15kg lead roof flashing in Victoria continues. What is the VBA doing to stop it? The wide spread issue of VIC plumbers using 15kg lead as an…

Dangers of Lead in Australian Backyards

March 14, 2013

Carl Pronti

Flashing

Just when you think lead appears to be slowly diminishing from our daily lives, stories like this one on Channel 7 come about and remind us all about the dangers…