"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 ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's not the most glamorous renovation, but if your house's roof is 20 years or older, you might need a new one. Are the shingles cracked or curled and blowing off in the ...

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Any part of your house’s exterior can get assaulted by wind, rain, hail, bitter cold, intense heat, strong sunlight, and other weather insults. But your roof typically gets the worst of it. Things ...

After roof shingles are ripped off a home and thrown in a dumpster they typically head to a landfill. Each year, the removal of old asphalt shingles generates more than 1.6 billion square feet of ...

Q: Shortly after it was built, we noticed a slightly lifted-looking horizontal line (shingles not flat as the others) on the upper-left area of the roof when looking at the front of the house. The ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- If your home's roof is twenty years or older or leaking, you may need a new one. You might also need to replace your roof if your shingles are cracked, curled or blowing up or ...