(Photo: Getty Images) Economical to produce, relatively easy to install and widely available, asphalt shingles are today’s most popular roofing material—not only because they’re less costly than wood, ...

A kneeling handyman uses a pneumatic gun to nail asphalt shingles to a roof - Photovs/Getty Images Whether you spot a saggy spot or a mysterious water stain on the ceiling, there are several signs ...

Not all roofing options deliver the same benefits, and one alternative is gaining attention for combining a clean look with a ...

DEAR TIM: In the past year my asphalt shingle roof seems like it has really started to go bad. I see large areas of my shingles that have no granules. You can see the fiberglass fibers in the mat. The ...

Asphalt shingles are the most common form of roofing. New manufactured homes are delivered with the traditional three tab asphalt shingle. Depending on the pitch of your roof, the location, etc., a ...

During a reroof, old asphalt shingles are removed, and new underlayment and shingles are installed. But what happens to the old shingles? Traditionally, they end up in a landfill, but shingle ...

Asphalt naturally repels water. It's a readily available commodity as long as we continue to use petroleum. Asphalt is a by-product of refining crude oil; it's what's left over after the ...

Are you about to install a new roof on your home or small business? The odds are you’ll be giving serious consideration to asphalt shingles. This building material has dominated the U.S. residential ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is it time to phase out asphalt shingle roofs in Florida? Florida’s insurance commissioner hinted at the recent Florida Chamber ...

From the street, a solar shingle roof can look almost identical to a standard asphalt one. That is the core selling point of ...

The average residential roof removal gnerates some 1-3 tons of asphalt shingles, depending on whether the old roof consisted of 1 or 2 layers. All this adds up to an estimated total of 10 million tons ...

Is it time to phase out asphalt shingle roofs in Florida? Florida’s insurance commissioner hinted at the recent Florida Chamber Insurance Summit that he’d like to see their days come to an end. “It’s ...