Concrete and Masonry

These premium products offer time-tested longevity, so your choice depends on price, appearance, and installation requirements by Harrison McCampbell

Healthful, light-filled, and energy-efficient, this home reaches back to its California past and toward a sustainable future by David Arkin

by Stephen Hazlett

A custom builder shows three conventional ways and one new method to weatherproof this crucial roof detail by Mike Guertin

On steeply pitched roofs, working from the ridge down is faster, safer and easier on the shingles by John Carroll

Good masonry work blocks most rainwater, and proper flashing details expel what does get through by Douglas R. Stieve

by John Carroll

Laying new shingles over old might avoid the cost of a tearoff, but you still have to replace the vents and flashings by Stephen Hazlett

Installing the flashing along with the bricks makes for a more secure and much better-looking job by John Carroll

by John V. Cord

by Roe A. Osborn

by Emanuel Jannasch

Up in the air about using asphalt, wood, slate, tile or metal to keep out the rain? There are lots of choices, and they all have advantages by Jefferson Kolle

Spend a little time measuring and striking lines, and the rest is fairly easy by John Carroll