Expert advice on exterior painting, selecting the right house paint, DIY painting tips and advice for dealing with common outdoor paint problems.
Most shingle roofs have a ridge cap made of overlapping shingle tabs cut from roofing shingles. They wrap the ridge and cover nail heads holding the top course or row of shingles on both sides of the ridge. Roof peak shingles are also offered by some manufacturers as an alternative to thos...
Installing a Ridge Cap on a Cedar Shingle Roof To create the ridge cap, you need to cut a sufficient number of shakes to cover the ridge into 4-inch squares and nail them together to form a series of V-shapes that will fit over the ridge.That means beveling the edges of half of the...
Gutter, roofing, and siding are three major parts of home installation. When you build a house of your own, the first thing you want is to make it admirable and adorable at its outside, in the eyes of a viewer. That is why people get to gutter, siding, and roofing service providers....
Though it's probably most common to see shingle roofs, you actually have a number of options when it comes to the type of roof you choose. There are several different materials that can be used to create a roof, and you may find that one of these less traditional options is actually ...
Installing a Ridge Cap on a Cedar Shingle Roof To create the ridge cap, you need to cut a sufficient number of shakes to cover the ridge into 4-inch squares and nail them together to form a series of V-shapes that will fit over the ridge.That means beveling the edges of half of the...
Is there a way to tint segments of a photo? Whoops: thought there would be capacity to attach a copy of the photo, but apparently not -- or at least not easily evident. I have a b&w photo of an old farm house and I would like to colorize the cedar shingle roof sections. ...
Those opting to use multiple textures on a home's exterior will likely find that a variety of textures generates visual interest — for example, pairingHardie®Plank lap sidingin a smooth finish withHardie®Shinglein a Select Cedarmill®, wood texture. ...
Add a street number sign Reshingle the roof And here’s what we’ve still got to do almost 8 years later: Maybe add shutters on the upstairs two windows Repaint the garage door trim and porch column – AGAIN (since it’s wood, it requires regular refinishing) ...
I am painting the exterior or my cedar shingle house with your NBS Paint Additive mixed with Behr Ultra (water base paint) in a satin finish. The house will definitely take two coats of paint for good coverage. After painting the house I am also going to spray the painted surface with ...