The first clay roofing tiles date back nearly ten thousand years to ancient China, and clay roofing tiles were mad by the settlers at Jamestown in the late 16th century. Concreter roofing tiles were first produced in the 1840s, and today both clay and concrete roofing tiles are popular roofing materials for both homes [...]
While rubber roofing is not as well known a roofing material as asphalt shingles, metal roofing, tile, or slate, the market demand for rubber roofing has steadily increased since it was first introduced in 1980. Firestone, one of the world’s major tire manufacturers, now makes rubber roofing with the same rubber polymers used in [...]
The solar roofing shingles of today are a far cry from the large and ungainly solar panels which were the first attempt to capture and store the sun’s energy for use in powering a home. Solar roofing shingles are indistinguishable from traditional asphalt shingles, and equally easy to install.
But solar roofing shingles are one of [...]
Of the five types of metal roofing, steel roofing is second only to aluminum in terms of popularity. Steel roofing is lightweight, inexpensive, easy to install, strong, and durable. Steel roofing shingles can be manufactured to resemble almost any other kind of roofing shingles, at a much lower cost, and they have the [...]