Most Popular Roofing Shingles for Your Home

Roofing shingle is a type roof covering comprising of overlapping individual elements. Shingles are usually flat in rectangular shapes and are laid in rows one after the other without overlapping of their side edges, a single layer is set up ensure that there is no water leakage. They are made from different materials.

If you want to renovate the roof on your house, or you want to replace the shingle on your roof, think about all types of shingles and then decide which one you will need. Home owners; mostly don't know about their roofs and which type of shingles will suit them best.

Three common types of roofing shingles are:

Asphalt Roofing Shingles: The asphalt shingles have two types of construction, fiber glass and organic based.

The roofs made from asphalt appear to be a line up of pieces of shingles. In fact, they are big pieces with a sheet covering. Each one is a yard in length and is shaped to appear as a single piece with the notches.

Asphalt shingles being inexpensive are mostly used in United States. Fiberglass based asphalt shingles are the most common roofing material used. These shingles have the advantage of the cost and someone knowing basic wood working can install them.

The manufacturing process of organic shingles consists dipping of organic cellulose fiber or wither wood in asphalt. Subsequently, a coating of ground mineral is given. Inorganic asphalt shingles are made of fiber glass base which is coated with mineral pith and ground mineral. Both organic and inorganic shingles are treated with asphalt and hence are categorized as asphalt shingles. Because of use of fiber glass, they are highly resistant to fire.

Metal Roofing Shingles: Asphalt shingles are most commonly used roofing material in US. Definitely, house owners use other type shingle materials also. Although the asphalt shingles may not attract you as it is, you can get asphalt shingles looking like wood shingles. These are neither costlier nor you have to pay extra for their fire resistance.

Aluminum and steel shingles are currently the most popular types for metal roofing. They have lightweight, durability and A -Class fire resistance. Aluminum shingles are comparatively costlier. Metal shingle's fire resistant property is the main reason of their popularity, specifically in the draught ridden area of United States where there is an occasional threat of wildfires.

Wood Roofing Shingles: For most attractive natural rustic look wood shingles are a best selection. An odd job man can easily set up these shingles without much of effort. The wood shingles have a high cost and very low resistance to fire as compared with asphalt or metal shingles. However, it can be a great deal to use these over present asphalt shingles. Home owner can cut down his cost of removing and throwing them away.

Home owner can choose the shingles considering the cost and other factors like their look and fire resistance.