(Photo: Getty Images) Economical to produce, relatively easy to install and widely available, asphalt shingles are today’s most popular roofing material—not only because they’re less costly than wood, ...

Are you about to install a new roof on your home or small business? The odds are you’ll be giving serious consideration to asphalt shingles. This building material has dominated the U.S. residential ...

"Most homeowners replace their roof only once," they say, the roofing industry, that is. It's a laughable − yet serious − thing to say to longtime homeowners routinely buffeted by severe storms in ...

Asphalt shingle roofs only provide full protection against hurricane winds until they are 10 years old, state officials told a panel of lawmakers on Tuesday. After they hit 10 years, degradation from ...

Eight years ago I was in the middle of a roof replacement project on my own home. My 30-year warranted asphalt shingles looked like they were 50 years old. They were curled, large patches of felt ...

During a reroof, old asphalt shingles are removed, and new underlayment and shingles are installed. But what happens to the old shingles? Traditionally, they end up in a landfill, but shingle ...

From the street, a solar shingle roof can look almost identical to a standard asphalt one. That is the core selling point of building-integrated photovoltaics, or BIPV: electricity generation baked ...

The state’s most popular roofing material — asphalt shingles — are taking a beating with potential consequences for millions of homeowners. Ten-year-old asphalt shingle roofs can’t withstand winds of ...

Danny Lipford: Marla Asks, “How will I know when it’s time to replace my asphalt shingle roof?” Depending on the type of asphalt shingle you have, you can expect to get anywhere from 15 to 30 years ...

Is it time to phase out asphalt shingle roofs in Florida? Florida’s insurance commissioner hinted at the recent Florida Chamber Insurance Summit that he’d like to see their days come to an end. “It’s ...