How-To Guides

How-To Guides

How to Install Clay Roof Tiles: Deck to Ridge

Clay tile is the roof that outlasts everything under it, and it punishes shortcuts more than any other roofing material. Installed right, it runs 50 to 100 years with the underlayment replaced once or twice. Installed wrong, it leaks in the first storm and the fix means pulling courses off the roof.

How-To Guides

How to Apply Stucco: The Three-Coat Process

Knowing how to apply stucco right matters because stucco applied wrong does not fail at the wall. It fails three years later, as a hairline crack that lets water in, and by the time you see it the repair costs several times what doing it right would have cost.

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