Rooftop curable heat seamable roof sheeting and method for covering roofs

摘要

A rooftop curable heat seamable sheet material for roofing prepared from an uncured polymeric composition of matter comprises 100 parts by weight of a semi-crystalline polymer having more than about 2 percent by weight crystallinity and selected from the group consisting of polyolefins prepared from monomers containing at least 2 carbon atoms from about 20 to 300 parts by weight of a filler selected from the group consisting of reinforcing and non-reinforcing materials and mixtures thereof per 100 parts of polymer; from about 20 to 150 parts by weight of a processing material and mixtures thereof, per 100 parts of polymer; and from about 1.5 to 10 parts by weight of a cure package capable of allowing the composition of matter to cure at temperatures of at least about 50 DEG C. A method for covering a roof is also provided and comprises the steps of applying layers of rooftop curable sheet material prepared from an uncured heat seamable polymeric composition of matter to the roof being covered; overlapping adjacent edges of the layers; and seaming the overlapping areas under sufficient heat and some pressure to provide acceptable seam strength, the composition of matter being curable at temperatures of at least about 50 DEG C, a temperature readily encountered on the roof of a building.