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2. 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 ...

3. How Much Does it Cost to Replace a Roof? - AOL

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   Asphalt shingles are the cheapest roofing option for a roof replacement. Basic asphalt shingles cost between $2,000 and $4,000 for the material alone, while premium options such as copper can cost ...

4. List of commercially available roofing materials - Wikipedia

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   Solar shingle; Metal shakes or shingles. Long life. High cost, suitable for roofs of 3:12 pitch or greater. Because of the flexibility of metal, they can be manufactured to lock together, giving durability and reducing assembly time. For a discussion of copper system shingles, see Copper in architecture#Wall cladding.

5. Metal roof - Wikipedia

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   Metal roofs are 100% recyclable and can be made from other recycled products. Asphalt shingles are petroleum based with other chemicals making their recycling process more toxic, most shingles are not recycled and 20 billion pounds (9.1 million tonnes) are sent to landfills every year and take hundreds of years to decompose.

6. Domestic roof construction - Wikipedia

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   The primary roof covering [5] on houses in North America are asphalt shingles, but some have other types of roof shingles or metal roofs. Tile and thatch roofs are more common in Europe than North America. Some roofing materials help reduce air conditioning costs in hot climates by being designed to reflect light.

7. Building material - Wikipedia

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   Sometimes people take into consideration the energy savings or durability of the materials and see the value of paying a higher initial cost in return for a lower lifetime cost. For example, an asphalt shingle roof costs less than a metal roof to install, but the metal roof will last longer so the lifetime cost is less per year.