Asphalt is scorned in many parts of the world because people know that a roof is the second-most important part of a house ...

Think of a cedar roof, with its wood shingles overlapping, or a slate tile roof reminiscent of 19th-century townhomes. That’s the look you get from architectural shingles — without the expense ...

This building material has dominated the U.S. residential roofing market for just about 100 years. Go back farther in time and other, more durable materials were the standard. Tin, slate ...

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People find new ways to describe things, sometimes digging deep into the past to find old-fashioned phrases our elders used that we should bring back today. Slang that our parents and grandparents ...

The type of material you choose for your shingles can impact the price as well as the durability of your roof. Material options can include asphalt, composite, metal, solar, slate and wood.

Dan Simms is a contributing writer at USA TODAY Homefront specializing in home repair, renovation and renewable energy. While working as a property manager for one of the largest real estate ...

Hold the phone! Having a landline at home is now considered by most Britons to be 'old-fashioned'. It tops a list of items ...

Asphalt shingles, wooden shakes and slate tiles are still some of the most common roofing materials. However, when comparing two popular options such as asphalt shingles and metal roofing ...

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Autoblog reader Brian sent us a link to the Cartoon Box of Slate.com, where 46 good old fashioned newspaper cartoons about the auto industry have been collected. Cartoons are a fun read for a ...

"I told her I didn't like vintage names and to me it sounded really old-fashioned. I told her the popularity didn't influence my decision." "She wanted to know my reason for disliking older names ...