For our clients in extremely corrosive / polluted /salient environments, duplex stainless steel is the correct choice for roof and wall. Duplex is a special grade or “recipe” of stainless…
Metals & Materials
Is water runoff from copper roofs and copper clad buildings toxic to the environment?
Spoiler alert: it isn’t. But so you don’t have to take our word for that, the most accurate, accessible source of information on runoff from copper in architecture in the…
Terne for all styles and applications
Pictured above is the Bank of America Stadium, home to the Carolina Panthers. Throughout the envelope’s structure, you can find over 30,000 square feet of terne cladding material. Though the…
Terne, like copper and zinc will weather over time. To what extent and how quickly are determined by the application and the environment in which the building is located. Restoration…
Copper Onion Domes for St. Elias Church
Brampton, ON got even more beautiful after after a copper shingle roof gleaming with diamonds crested the onion domes of the St. Elias church. After a fire in 2014 took…
The difference between chromium oxide and titanium nitride finishes in building envelope applications
Considered by most everyone to be the most eye-catching finishes we provide for our metal wall and roof products are chromium oxide or titanium nitride. They can get confused because…
The procedure Electrochemical process: a computer-controlled electrochemical process; no color or pigments – coat of lacquer or any other coating as well – are applied, the transparent chromium oxide layer…
Yes! We make titanium roof systems and titanium cladding systems. Learn more here: https://spenglerindustries.com/news/titanium-for-building-envelope/ After becoming indispensable in aero and space manufacture, titanium quickly gained its popularity in other industries,…
NEW! Pressed metal Subway tile panels
Subway tiles are the hottest thing in building décor right now. Look on every design show, every magazine, overflowing sample drawers in the libraries of architects and designers and even…
Snow guards for batten seam roofs
Batten seam roofs are tricky to find appropriate accompanying snow abatement solutions as they are a much weaker metal roofing system than standing seam roofs or other metal shingle systems.…