by roofs | May 25, 2026 | Retractable Roof
What Is a Retractable Roof (and How Is It Different from a Skylight)? The first distinction worth making: a retractable roof is not a skylight. A fixed skylight is a glazed opening in a roof that admits light and does not move. A retractable roof is a motorized...
by roofs | May 11, 2026 | Retractable Roof
Rollamatic Roofs, Inc. has installed more than 1,500 retractable roof systems in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1958. That’s not a marketing number. It’s a fact about where we live and where we work. Our headquarters is in Rodeo, CA, 25 miles northeast...
by roofs | Apr 22, 2026 | Retractable Roof
If you own an Eichler home and you’re researching what a retractable roof costs for your atrium, you’ve probably already found the Eichler Network forums. You’ve seen the numbers: $40K, $70K, $90K. You’re wondering why the range is so wide....
by roofs | Apr 16, 2026 | Retractable Roof
The work to specify a retractable roof system can be much more complicated than specifying a door or a window. It sits at the intersection of structure, mechanical engineering, weatherproofing, and daylighting — and it carries weight, literally and figuratively, on...
by roofs | Apr 10, 2026 | Retractable Roof
A retractable restaurant roof isn’t just a weather fix. It’s a revenue decision. When your patio closes because the clouds roll in, so does your income, and in California, where outdoor dining is woven into the culture, seasonal downtime is real money...
by roofs | Apr 3, 2026 | Retractable Roof
Every homeowner who calls Rollamatic eventually asks the same question. It comes near the end of the conversation, after the configurations and the glass options and the timeline, and it arrives like they’ve been holding it back the whole time: “But will it leak?”...
