If you have damage to the siding on your house, then you will need to replace it before the situation gets worse. Ignoring some siding damage can cause damage to happen to more of the house. For example, if you have termites in the siding and you don’t remove the affected siding and take the appropriate steps to protect the rest of the house, then you can end up with serious termite problems throughout.…
The roof of your home may have asphalt shingles on it, which are cost-effective roofing materials for residential roofing. Shingles can also be vulnerable to wear and less efficient than some of the many other materials available. One alternative is shake roofing, which is usually a wood material and a lot more durable and efficient than you may think. The following tips will help you with the preparations your home needs to prepare for shake roof installation to replace old, worn asphalt shingles: …
Spanish tile roofs are ubiquitous in the Desert Southwest but, to a snowbird, they may as well be a product from Mars. Colder states and Canadian provinces are used to seeing cedar shakes, asphalt shingles, and even standing seam metal roofs. Spanish tiles are an anomaly that most snowbirds do not know much about.
Is a Spanish tile roof better than an asphalt shingle roof?
The answer is: it depends. Whether one roofing materials is better than another depends on what part of the country you live in.…