Roof Coverings

Cedar-Roof Shingling Guide
Quick to make and easy to use, this plywood guide keeps courses straight and on layout.
Designed for Wildfire Country
While no home can be completely fireproof, implementing these fire-resistant details can increase resilience.
How to Craft a Copper Roof
Hand-formed standing-seam panels give a bay window a little bling.
Atypical Roof Overhangs
Deeper-than-conventional floating roof canopies are hard to assemble, but mean this home is ready for rainy weather.
IBS 2017: GAF Sienna Shingles
What's old is new again.
Slate Roofing and Repair Techniques
Slate specialist John Mahan shows how to cut, punch, and replace slate shingles.
Insulating Unvented Roof Assemblies
If you plan to insulate a sloped roof, you need to decide if you want a vented or an unvented assembly.
Reinforced Valley-Rafter Shingles
Asphalt shingles often don’t bend tight enough to sit flat in the center of a roof valley, which leaves an unsupported hollow between the shingles and the roof sheathing. This…
Four Steps to Flash a Dormer
This leak-free approach begins with an impenetrable corner detail.
Is Through-Fastened Metal Roofing a Good Idea?
Yes, as long as it's well detailed it should last as long as a more expensive standing-seam roof.

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