There have been significant advances in metal roofing technology over the past two decades, and metal roofing is now available in a wide range of styles for standing seam and flat lock panels to single overlapping tiles. Metal roofing is among the easiest kinds of roofing to install, and can be painted in any [...]
While you may have to spend a considerable amount of time deciding which of the most popular residential metal roofing materials to install on your home, you may have to spend even more time searching for the best residential metal roofing contractor to do the job.
The reputation of the residential metal roofing industry has suffered [...]
For three years, while living abroad in England, my main shelter was a hand-built structure called a bender which I live in with my boyfriend Mitch. Our bender was constructed o f sapling trunks, and the roofing products we used were plastic sheeting and a surplus Army tent.
Benders are common shelters for the homeless [...]
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 [...]