The Roofer's Blog

Best Shingle Color for You

THE RIGHT COLOR FOR YOUR HOME. Choosing the right shingles for your home can be complicated and a big decision. Your roof is something people’s eyes are drawn to when they look at your home. It ...

Preparing Your Roof for Winter

SAFE AND SOUND UNDER YOUR ROOF The weather is changing and the cold winter weather is starting to set in. Is your roof ready for snow, ice, frost, wind, and all the other things that come with the ...

Skylights

UP, UP, AND SKYLIGHT Did you know adding more natural light to a room is proven to add more light to that living space? Well of course it is! But did you know adding a skylight to one of your rooms...

Fire-Rating Shingles

FIRE-RESISTANT TESTING Have you heard of fire rating your shingles? Or is it one of the terms that someone says and you just shake your head because you feel like it’s something you should know, ...

Habitat for Humanity

A STABLE HOME Habitat for Humanity was founded in the 1970s in Americus, Georgia on Koinoma Farms, in an effort to provide strong and stable homes at an affordable rate.  It started in Georgia but...

Downspout

DOWN AND OUT SPOUT Carlos, our manager, is constantly speaking in roofer lingo. Every once in a while when I’m really paying attention and hear something I don’t know I’ll google it reall...

Synthetic Slate Shingles vs Asphalt Shingles

FAKE SLATE, AUTHENTIC ROOF You’d think something fake would fall apart and not be as durable as the real thing. Well, that is true in most cases. The fake Coach purse you bought online to save a f...

Tiny, Tiny Houses

TINY HOUSES are all the rage. It’s all about minimizing. Living a simpler life. You’ve heard the stories about people selling everything with hopes that life is simpler and allows them to be free...

Party for a Purpose

THAT NASTY DISEASE, CANCER I think cancer has in some way, touched all of our lives. I personally saw many people in my life diagnosed with cancer. Some kicked cancer, others, cancer took them fro...

Recycling Asphalt Shingles

RECYCLING ASPHALT SHINGLES Some shingles are thrown away and never used again after being removed from someone’s house. Over 40 million tons of asphalt shingles are taken away from job sites, thr...