Economical to produce, relatively easy to install and widely available, asphalt ... medium gray and dark gray to beige, reddish and medium brown to dark brown, plus shades of blue and blue green.

From durability to a wide range of style options, there’s no question that shingles win the roofing popularity contest. And while asphalt shingles are a homeowner favorite, we’ll cover ...

Q: On many roofs with asphalt shingles I notice black streaks. New light-colored orange-red asphalt shingles were installed on our roof about six years ago, and now I notice the dark streaks forming.

Shingles typically come in sheets, stacks or rolls and are mostly uniform in design and composition—ceramic granular upper surface and smooth asphalt layering over a fiberglass base. Shingles ...

My 30-year warranted asphalt shingles looked like they were 50 years old. They were curled, large patches of felt paper with no granules were showing, and each time it rained my deck and sidewalk ...