Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up of clay tile roof - R.tsubin/Getty Images A clay tile roof can make your home feel like a Mediterranean getaway, so it's ...

Clay tiles have been in use for many years and are still installed in both residential and commercial applications. Clay tiles differ from concrete in regards to weight, attachment methods and the way ...

The handcrafted clay roof tiles may have been a ubiquitous feature in small towns and villages a few decades ago. Yet, a walk through one of them now will see a near absence of their presence, the ...

Many South Floridians think tile roofs are among the strongest against hurricanes. For years, insurance companies gave homeowners discounts on their premiums for installing them. But some insurers ...

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genuine Roof Systems, Inc. (GRS)—maker of the patented SlateTec lightweight roof assembly system using natural slate—today announced the launch of its new ...

In the Colonial years, when handmade brick was scarce, the availability of native clay also afforded Valley pioneers to build attractive brick chimneys with courses of brick corbelling. The result: ...

ABOUT: Most common of all roof types in the U.S. today, asphalt shingles are the roofing material on almost 80 percent of American homes. Asphalt saturates both sides of their paper or fiberglass base ...