One of the most “classically New England” architectural styles is the coastal colonial with cedar shake shingle siding. This iconic siding and roofing material gained popularity because of its ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

The favorite FPL report, Installation, Care, and Maintenance of Wood Shake and Shingle Siding, discusses semitransparent penetrating oil-based stains. These stains are similar to water-repellant ...

LAS VEGAS — An increasing number of home builders and remodelers are turning to shakes, shingles, boards, battens and trim to dress up dwellings and they are going to have more choices in 2015 from a ...

CARLSBAD — When the story is destructive wildfire, the villainoften is the shake shingle. The city of Carlsbad learned a tough lesson about the commonwooden roofing material in the 1996 Harmony fire, ...

Choosing siding is, and always will be, a tough call. And no matter how many high-tech products come and go, they will forever be compared to traditional materials like masonry, stucco and solid wood.

Q:I live in a brown-shingle townhouse complex in Berkeley in which the state of the shingles is a frequent point of discussion. The buildings are now close to 30 years old, and the cedar shingles are ...

The Exterior Portfolio Portsmouth 8' S7 Cedar Shingles is part of the Siding test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Siding models like the Portsmouth 8' S7 Cedar Shingles are rated on ...