A new Kold Kinger is being trained to run the chopper gun and to get the proper 144 wet mil + 3 lbs of chopped glass per SQR.
There is no substitute for experience -- Kold King's trainers have personally installed 23 million+ sq. ft. of these systems.
A Kold King trainer is demonstating the proper technique for "chopping" a metal roof so that an additional "ply" of glass is applied to the horizontal and 3rd overlapping vertical seams.
Worker roll poly fabric into a flood coating of asphalt emulsion over a gravel surfaced roof.
The loose gravel and dirt are removed, but spudding is not usually required...a huge labor/cost savings, and you're not creating dozens of new potential leaks where they didn't exist before.
This 20-story building received a new chopped glass/emulsion roof more than 25 years ago.
This Texas courthouse had this gravel surfaced built-up roof 25 years ago when a chopped glass/emulsion roof was installed. See the next photo to see what a 25 year old roof looks like...
Chopped glass/emulsion roof is 25 year old and still going strong.