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Selecting a Shingle that is Spot-On

Tips for Picking Out Your Shingles

Tips for picking roofing shinglesWhen it comes to selecting a shingle for your home you’re probably astounded with all of the choices that are currently available. Your roof is a prevailing portion of your house. You want a color that adds to the drive up appeal and that does not clash with your siding and brick color. If you want to make a good choice there are numerous things you want to consider about a shingle.

Choose a Shingle-Type that Compliments Your “Casa”

Before you select your color you want to pick out what type of shingle you wish to use on your roof. The market is full of many different shingle manufactures and picking a manufacture can be overwhelming itself. Every shingle brand and type will vary greatly in toughness, along with cost. Even though cost and the strength of the shingle is significant factor, you also want to select a shingle type that is right for the design of your overall home. For example, if you have an American Colonial style home you obviously don’t want to put Spanish tiles on your roof.

Select a Suitable Shade

After you have narrowed down your shingle selection based on the style of your home, you want to collect color samples from the professional roofing contractor you’re working with. The incorrect shingle colors can really detriment your home’s appearance. On the other hand, picking the correct color can do wonders to your home’s appearance. You want to elect a color that goes well with the color of your home. If your home has “cooler” colors such as; sky blue or sea green then an exceptional choice would be a grey colored shingle. If your home has dark warmer colors such as soft reds and oranges then a worthy choice would be a shingle that is a brown hue.

In Conclusion

If you follow these straightforward procedures, picking out a shingle should be a breeze for you. The roofing company you choose to work with ought to be glad to assist you in picking out your shingles as well. Aside from providing you with color samples, the roofer should offer you roofing pictures of what the shingles you’re considering buying actually look like on a home.

Tips brought to you by the pros at Garland Texas Roofer. This Garland Roofing company provides roof repair and new roof installation services to the DFW Metropolitan Area. Follow them on their Twitter account for future roofing tips and advice.

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