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The number of complaints from homeowners filed against American Shingle and Siding, Inc. continues to grow, reports the Better Business Bureau. So far, the agency has logged nearly 600 complaints ...
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Roof shingles, like other building materials on vernacular buildings, are typically of a material locally available. The type of shingle is taken into account before construction because the material affects the roof pitch and construction method: Some shingles can be installed on lath where others need solid sheathing (sheeting) on the roof deck .
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This impression of the passage of time is enhanced by the use of shingles. Some architects, in order to attain a weathered look on a new building, had the cedar shakes dipped in buttermilk, dried and then installed, to leave a grayish tinge to the façade. Shingle style houses often use a gambrel or hip roof. Such houses thus emanate a more ...
The buildings are often home to retirees — some of whom have lived there for decades — along with single-income households and renters. But now, affording to live in even those buildings is ...
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The characteristics of a roof are dependent upon the purpose of the building that it covers, the available roofing materials and the local traditions of construction and wider concepts of architectural design and practice, and may also be governed by local or national legislation. In most countries, a roof protects primarily against rain.