Roofing nails, with their board flat heads and short points, are designed specifically for the job of securing different roofing materials, and when properly installed will function as they were meant to for decades.
But the pneumatic roof nailers now favored by most professional roofers often fail to drive roofing nails in as evenly and straight [...]
Roofing screws are an essential part of proper metal roofing installation, and are also sometimes used to secure the flashing on asphalt roofs. Most metal roofing screws are the three inch screws used to secure metal roofing sheets at two foot intervals, but the roofing screws used on the first edges of metal roofing [...]
Homeowners faced with repairing or building roofs have a large array of roofing shingles from which to choose, but in the United States, asphalt roofing shingles account for eighty percent of all residential roofing shingles sold. Asphalt roofing shingles are categorized as organic or inorganic, and inorganic asphalt roofing shingles with their fiberglass bases [...]
You can’t possibly have an intelligent conversation or ask the right questions about what you need to work on your roof if you haven’t mastered some basic roofing terms. Knowing the proper roofing terms will save you time at the home improvement store and prevent you from coming home with the wrong items.
But knowing [...]