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2. Asphalt shingle - Wikipedia

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   A shingle manufacturer's warranty may pro-rate repair costs, cover materials only, have different warranty periods for different types of damage, and transfer to another owner. [12] Three-tab asphalt shingle roofing in good condition. Shingles tend to last longer where the weather stays consistent, either consistently warm, or consistently cool.

3. What to Consider Before You Choose a Roofing Material - AOL

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   Generally speaking, though, a quality metal roof will often total about two to three times the cost of a fiberglass shingle roof, Miller says. So, for a typical 2,500-square-foot home with a 4,000 ...

4. Roof shingle - Wikipedia

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   A shingle roof in Zakopane, Poland. With an area of 6000 m 2 (1½ acres), it was one of the largest wooden shingle roofs in Europe. A roof’s shingles are a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements. These elements are typically flat, rectangular shapes laid in courses from the bottom edge of the roof up, with each successive ...

5. List of commercially available roofing materials - Wikipedia

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   Rubber shingle, an alternative to asphalt shingle, slate, shake or tile. Made primarily of rubber, often recycled tire-derived rubber. Other typical ingredients include binders, UV (ultraviolet light) inhibitors and color. Warranted and designed to last at least 50 years in most cases. Asbestos shingles. Very long lifespan, fireproof, and low ...

6. Wood shingle - Wikipedia

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   Hand-split shingles continued to be used in many places well after the introduction of machine sawn shingles. There were other popular roofing materials, and some regions rich in slate had fewer examples of wooden shingle roofs. Some western "boom" towns used sheet metal because it was light and easily shipped.

7. Metal roof - Wikipedia

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   This finding is based on the use of a strapping system of 4 inches (100 mm) between the plywood and "cool-color" metal on top, [12] which provides an air gap between the plywood roof sheathing and the metal. Cool-color metals are light, reflective colors, like white. The study went on to say that resealing and insulating air ducts in the attic ...