Monday, November 9, 2009

Choose The Right Material For Your Roof

By Scott Rodgers

Keep your roof leak free and enhance its beauty with roof shingles. Shingling your roof is hardly a new concept to anyone. Roof shingling is done in order to protect your roof from odd weather conditions. It prevents you from rain, extreme cold or a very hot climate. These are rectangular in shape and are overlaid in order to cover the roof properly.

Roof shingling is a very old and familiar process and thus a huge range of these are available since then. Very common and readily available types are aluminum, asphalt or cement shingle,wood shingle. And each is comprised of some unique qualities.

Let us consider asphalt shingles which are basically of two types, that is organic and fiberglass. Organic shingles are those that are injected with asphalt whereas fiberglass pieces coated in asphalt are termed as fiberglass shingles. These are hard enough and can easily bear the storms. These are generally installed in cooler places.

When it comes to beauty and look, wood shingles are preferred. These are the most preferred choice among many of us. These are accessible and are prepared in extensive range of models and configurations. Their use is restricted in places that have greater risk of fire.

Another light weight and non flammable material that can be used to shingle your roof is aluminum. The property of this material makes it suitable for areas that have frequent hailstones. These are often used to decorate your roofs. These are cheaper to asphalt shingles.

Slate shingles act as weather shield that protects your roof from extreme climatic conditions. These shingles find places generally in residential areas and palaces etc. They lasts for longer period of time but are very brittle.

Have plentiful nails for fixing the shingle. Make sure you are doing that at the right time. Dry weather is the most suitable time to do roof shingling. Also, clean the roofs before you start with the installation. Make sure that your roof doesn't comprise of any unwanted stuff such as moss, lichens.

Before indulging into the installation process of your roof shingles, make sure you have cleaned your roof properly. Moreover the choice for shingles should be done appropriately. Though shingles installation is not a tough job but if someone is lacking knowledge, should take the help from expert roofers.

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