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The options below can help you to choose your roofing products, hire a contractor, learn how to install a new roof yourself, or just learn all about roofing. The average person puts on a new roof just 0.8 times in his or her life, but who's average? You may want to study up. After all, there's a system to these things.

Anatomy of a roof. All about eaves...and valleys.

Frequently asked questions. To put it a different way, questions which are frequently asked.

What's in a good shingle?An exploded view of a 3-tab shingle with all the layers identified. And the same view of a laminated shingle. It's more complicated than you'd think.

Is your roof past its peak? Vivid illustrations guide you through the symptoms of a sick roof. Get your binoculars out and look at your own.

Glossary of terms. A whole other kind of geek speak, this glossary, provided courtesy of ARMA, covers the gamut from...well, A to Z.


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