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Video: From Roof to Road

Follow shingles' journey from a roof through an asphalt-recycling facility

Recycling roofs into roads

5 Roofs That Will Last a LifetimeOnline Membership Required

These premium products offer time-tested longevity, so your choice depends on price, appearance, and installation requirements

Four Ways to Shingle a ValleyOnline Membership Required

A custom builder shows three conventional ways and one new method to weatherproof this crucial roof detail

Editors PickAsphalt Shingling From the Top DownOnline Membership Required

On steeply pitched roofs, working from the ridge down is faster, safer and easier on the shingles

Tip: Shingle lifterOnline Membership Required

Q & A: Shingling a low-slope roofOnline Membership Required

Tip: Shingling from the top downOnline Membership Required

Choosing RoofingOnline Membership Required

Up in the air about using asphalt, wood, slate, tile or metal to keep out the rain? There are lots of choices, and they all have advantages

Laying Out Three-Tab Shingles

Spend a little time measuring and striking lines, and the rest is fairly easy

Q & A: Details for reroofingOnline Membership Required

Putting on a Concrete-Tile RoofOnline Membership Required

It takes nimble feet, a strong back and attention to flashing details to do it right

Roofing with Asphalt Shingles

There's more to laying three-tab shingles than just nailing them on as fast as possible

Laying Up Brick BovedasOnline Membership Required

Inwardly leaning arches defy gravity

The Deck UpstairsOnline Membership Required

How to combine a deck with a roof that won't leak

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