With a proven commitment to quality and performance, DECRA Roofing Systems has over fifty years of experience manufacturing and marketing stone coated steel roofing systems.
DECRA Roofing Systems are manufactured in Corona, California at a state of the art manufacturing facility registered by UL to ISO 9001:2008, OHSAS 18001 and most recently ISO 14001:2004.
DECRA Roofing Systems’ quality systems have been continuously maintained since 1993 when the company’s Corona facility was first certified to ISO 9001:1997 and later certified in 2003 to ISO 9001:2000. In 2009, DECRA electively chose to upgrade to ISO 9001:2008
In 2008, DECRA became registered to OHSAS 18001. This registration exemplifies DECRA’s commitment to the safety of their employees, visitors, and vendors. OHSAS 18001 goes beyond all federal and state regulations. It requires detailed, company specific, policies, procedures, work instructions, employee training, measurements, recordkeeping, and continuous improvement. It is DECRA’s belief that commitment to this registration will enhance the ability to minimize exposure to health and safety risks.
In 2009, DECRA successfully completed the requirements for and became registered to ISO 14001:2004. This accomplishment demonstrates DECRA’s commitment to the environment and willingness to continuous improvements to both its products and manufacturing process. DECRA began to establish objectives toward this certification by publishing “DECRA’s Environmental Commitment” and implementing policies in support of this commitment statement in 2008.
DECRA Roofing Systems, Inc., is a Fletcher Building Company, one of New Zealand’s top industrial companies with a history going back to the early 1900′s.
Fletcher has over 11,000 employees worldwide in 250 sites around the world; including divisions in Building Products, Infrastructure, Distribution, Laminates + Panels and Steel.
Decra Product History
Over the years, DECRA Roofing Systems has made advancements in production, styles, color, and installation methods, but the product’s origins will forever remain an ingenious solution that has benefited people around the world for over 50 years.
DECRA Roofing Systems has a captivating history dating back to World War II. Frequent bombings on British soil by the German Luftwaffe produced an urgent need to reconstruct many buildings quickly and easily out of makeshift materials. The most common material used were sheets of corrugated metal.
While the corrugated metal provided a quick remedy to reconstruct damaged buildings, evening bombing raids continued to be menacing. The Luftwaffe dropped flairs to help illuminate the bombing runs. Since the new buildings were made of a shiny reflective metal, they became easy targets because they illuminated the bombsite. The problem was compounded during the war years, because the use of oil-based paint to protect and camouflage buildings was impossible to obtain outside military applications.
The British government had to find a company to develop an alternative protective coating material. The new substance had to be applied to both new and existing steel and corrugated iron structures and provide camouflage. Industrial chemists from the Decra spray Company of Kent , England alleviated the problem by developing an emulsion coating from coal products. The coating branded chemical emulsion claimed to be “acid-proof and chemical-fume proof, with a very high resistance to water vapor.”
Throughout the war this coating protected valuable food storage depots that were critical to achieving victory. In the years following the war, various attempts were made to remove the functional coating, which had served its purpose, in favor of more stylish alternatives. However, the coating had bonded with the steel so well that removal was virtually impossible. With evidence that the underlying metal had been well preserved, many re-evaluated its potential for continued commercial use. During the post-war years, the protective coating was used on many public buildings, and industrial building contractors were demanding that new iron sheeting be treated with DECRA coating.
Decra roof owners, you DO NOT need to register your warranty. Your DECRA warranty is implied and therefore no registration or warranty number is required. This Limited Warranty may be transferred by the original owner to the subsequent property owner during the first ten (10) years after the product’s initial installation provided the transfer information (property address, original owner, new owner) is mailed to the Company within 30 days from the change of property ownership. Notice of the ownership change must be sent via mail to the Company at the noted address.
Attn: DECRA Warranty Dept.
1230 Railroad Street
Corona, CA 92882
