When Celotex was founded in the early 1920s, it produced fiberboard insulation. As the company grew in subsequent decades, it expanded and made other construction materials, including siding and roofing shingles. Before long, it was a household name for both consumers and construction workers. Celotex Insulating Lumber The company’s first

The Standard Paint Company was founded in 1887 by Julius Livingstone and Ralph J. Shainwald. Five years later in 1892, a young chemist and employee of Standard Paint named William Griscom developed rolls of ready-to-lay asphalt roofing by impregnating felt with soft bitumen and then coating both sides with coarse-grain

The Bird Corporation and the various products it created and offered forever changed roofing.  This article touches on but a few of the historical milestones achieved by Bird which forever changed the industry. 1795-1900: The First One-Hundred Years The history of the Bird Corporation is one that parallels the development

People had been mining asphalt, a natural bituminous substance, for use as an adhesive and sealant for centuries before anyone thought of paving a road or roofing a home with it. Asphalt occurs naturally in both asphalt lakes and in rock asphalt. The first recorded use of asphalt dates back

GAF, now a renowned name in the manufacture of roofing materials for both commercial and residential application, has deep roots which date to the late 19th century – its origins date back to The Standard Paint Co., which was founded in 1886 in Bound Brook, New Jersey. Ruberoid was developed

In 1886, the Standard Paint Company was founded by Julius Livingstone and Ralph J. Shainwald in a remodeled sawmill in Bound Brook, New Jersey. Among the company’s 18 employees was a young chemist named William Griscom, who focused his creativity on developing new ideas for asphalt compounds. In 1892, Griscom