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Asphalt Shingles

Asphalt shingles offer a good-better-best range for building owners to choose from, and of all prevalent roofing materials, they are easiest to install. More

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Replacing a Screened Porch with a Four-Season Sunroom

There's a lot more to the process than simply replacing the screens with windows. More

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JLC July Letters

Roofing with asphalt shingles, bias against vocational education, working with caulk guns. More

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Bad Roof Installations Offer Benefits—for Other Contractors

When roofing contractors screw up, two things happen: the industry gets a bad name and competent contractors get more work. REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR blogger Mike Damora knows—he sees it all the time. More

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Roofing Best Practices

A resource to train your crews in best practices for roofing and reroofing with asphalt shingles. More

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Roofing With Asphalt Shingles

A field guide filled with details and best practices for installing durable roofs. More

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Asphalt Shingle Installation Guide

A training resource on best practice asphalt shingle installation. More

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Why Smart Roofers Do Attic Inspections

If you don't currently do attic inspections as part of your process for selling roofing, read on. An attic inspection will not only yield important information about the state of the roof, it will also set your company apart from the competition. More

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U.S. Roofing Demand Forecast to Climb Steadily Through 2017

Demand nationwide for roofing will rise 3.5% per year through 2017, reaching 268 million squares worth $27.2 billion, the†Freedonia Group†forecast. More

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Roofs that resist one hail of a test storm

Firing 72 barrels from a dozen "hail cannons," researchers sent some 10,000 ice balls onto the roof of a full-scale house. It was the first-ever indoor hailstorm, designed to evaluate how well roofing and other building materials can withstand the ravages of a full-blown hailstorm. More

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