Roofing Shingles With Copper In Them

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Roofing shingles with copper in them.

It shows installing the copper strip on an existing roof not a new one. Each zappone copper shingle is individually produced and inspected guaranteeing the exact standards for which zappone has become known. Some shingles come with small amounts of copper in the granules. Watch roof algae and moss video below.

Click here to get tim s free funny newsletter. Asphalt shingles are a very common building material in many new homes built in the midwest. When a copper shingle roof is placed it will often times outlast the building. That s why you ll sometimes see copper or zinc strips installed at the roof ridge on older homes.

Read the roofing ripoff book to get the full story. Seventy five percent of copper used in making copper shingles is recycled. Copper strips at the top are the best way to stop black algae stains see below. In fact traditional algae prevention shingles include granules that contain a layer of algae fighting copper.

Your roof can represent up to 40 of your home s curb appeal. Another method is to incorporate copper containing granules on the surface of the shingle. If the roof is ever taken off the copper may be recycled again. Improve the resale value with timberline hd shingles from gaf.

Installing copper strips on a shingle roof revised 2019. A copper strip on each side of the roof will extend the life of asphalt shingles 40 or 50 years. And that works well for a while.