One popular and traditional choice is wood shingles. Even within this choice, there are seemingly endless options when you ...

The most durable types of roofing are slate and clay tiles but they’re more expensive than materials like metal or wood. Functional roofing alternatives like green roofs and solar shingles are ...

Think of a cedar roof, with its wood shingles overlapping, or a slate tile roof reminiscent of 19th-century townhomes. That’s the look you get from architectural shingles — without the expense ...

Susie Kurkowski from the Roomology interior design blog argues that with faux wood tiles you can “avoid the anathema of all hardwood owners… the dreaded chips, nicks, and scratches.

The type of material you choose for your shingles can impact the price as well as the durability of your roof. Material options can include asphalt, composite, metal, solar, slate and wood.

These building products are made of a variety of materials. Choices include aluminum, brick, cedar, composite or engineering materials, fiber cement, steel, stone, stucco, vinyl, and wood. Typically, ...

Caused by the same virus behind chickenpox, shingles is a painful nerve root infection resulting in a skin rash. What does the shingles rash looks like? Who’s at risk? And who needs the shingles ...

When Nancy Greeley was in her 50s, her sister, an infectious-disease specialist at the University of Rochester, told her to get the shingles vaccine. Despite Greeley’s best intentions ...

Add style and personality to your kitchen with these backsplash ideas in a variety of colors, patterns, and materials, ...

They have developed shingle PV devices that are more efficient than cells built with conventional laser scribing and mechanical cleaving methods. “To our best knowledge, this is the first ...

Homeowners with wood shake roofs should expect them to last about 30 years, while fiber cement shingles last about 25 years and asphalt shingle/composition roofs last about 20 years, the NAHB found.