Projects & Design
History of Roofing - Hand Splitting Shakes
Hand-Splitting shakes with a mallet and a froe is one way to make shakes but I bet it would take a long time to make enough shakes to do a roof. Today I was asked; I am replacing two rows of cedar shakes above a flat roof tie – in the ...
Unique Copper Covered Bridge Gets Facelift
By Bob McCrickard. Bracklinn Falls Bridge received a much needed rebuild after it was washed away in a flood. Editor's note: While Bob may no longer be with us, he is still sharing his love of roofing with others. Enjoy one of his previous posts Bracklinn Falls Copper Covered Bridge is a cool ...
Montross Metal Shingles History of Roofing
Today lets take a look at the Montross Metal Shingle. It is a stamped sidewall and roofing panels with a couple of different designs. For the walls, a Gothic and Diamond Tile design, and for the roofs panels, the Eastlake and Octagon Shingle. I have seen another roof panel that looked ...
Fancy Butt Shingles on a Gable
These are special cut shingles that typically are applied to the exterior walls of a building or home. Butt shingles come in several shapes and designs. Made from a clear heartwood, western red cedar, they are rather costly to use on the whole roof or entire wall of a home but ...
LoctFast Shingles History of Roofing
The History of Roofing featured roofing product of today is LoctFast Asphalt Shingles. Manufactured by Eggers Asphaltum Roofing Company in St. Paul Minnesota around the 1920’s. It is called a locking shingle because of its unique shape and notches that interlock at the corners creating a contiguous roofing system. These early styles ...
History of Roofing - TiteLock Metal Shingles
A little Roofing History TiteLock metal shingles were manufactured by Milwaukee Corrugated CO. in the early 1900′s and were designed with a side lap locking joint system that concealed the nails holding the panels down and yet allowed for expansion and contraction. The stamped profile you see in the ad below ...
Cedar Shingle Roof
This cedar shingle roof is a one of a kind. It was installed a few years ago in Sacramento CA. I would not call this a thatch style roof but many have used that term to describe roofs like this. This cedar shingle roof sets in front of McKinley Park, ...
History of Roofing - American Asphalt Shingles
In the 1930s there was an asphalt shingle and roofing manufacturer in East Saint Louis called Old American. It was a division of American Asphalt of Kansas City. In those years it was common to make shingles using rags. Yes, common rags were shredded and chopped into small pieces then blown ...
Cedar Shingle Roofs - A Little History
Wood shingles have been used for over a hundred years to protect the homes across America. The plentiful supply of forest in our country has made wood roofs very popular as a roofing covering. Over the years our American history is full of old mills that would make shingles and shakes ...
A Roof That Costs a Lot of Clams
A roof that costs a lot of clams or not? Roofing is one of the most expensive investments for your home. From roof removal, dry-rot-repairs, permit cost and the labor with materials. It can be thousands of dollars. Roof covers are made from many kinds of materials from asphalt, steel, concrete, ...
