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Grays, browns, taupes — after decades of neutral-colored shingles dominating entire neighborhoods, homeowners are turning to the dark side. Home improvement experts agree black roofs are making a ...

Q We need a new roof before the rain starts, but we don’t know what to do because what we really want is cedar. Friends tell us this is too expensive and impractical, but we think it would look great ...

Q We are wanting to purchase a 1980s-era home that has cedar shingles. I have asked several different roofers for a price to repair the shingles, but every one of them said they will have to replace ...

Any part of your house’s exterior can get assaulted by wind, rain, hail, bitter cold, intense heat, strong sunlight, and other weather insults. But your roof typically gets the worst of it. Things ...

Dear Jerry: While cleaning out gutters, I discovered that the lower area of some cedar shingles have apparently been chewed away at the lower edge of the rear dormer. The chewed area is where the ...

Wood shingles and shakes (their brawnier, split cousins) have been a notable component in the homebuilder’s tool kit since the earliest days of European settlement in North America. It may be that ...