Metal and shingle roofs are common options for residential buildings. Metal roofs are typically made of large sheets of steel ...

A mere decade after installation, asphalt shingle roofs begin to lose their ability to protect homes against hurricane-force ...

Degradation from the sun will weaken the shingles, which are petroleum based, after a decade, state officials said at a ...

Mike Silvers, director of technical services for the Florida Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association, defended asphalt shingle ... qualified inspector “to look at that roof and see ...

Asphalt shingle roofs only provide full protection against hurricane winds until they are 10 years old, state officials told a panel of lawmakers on Tuesday. After they hit 10 years, degradation from ...

available credits for a new roof do not differentiate between a new asphalt shingle roof and a new metal roof, but it’s likely to be among the updates, Yaworksy said. “Roofs are probably the ...