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While most homes in the Windy City are topped with asphalt shingles, in Chicago, metal roofing is a practical alternative to this more popular material in more ways than one.

What the heck is Hardie board siding? You may not even know when a house is covered in it because it so effortlessly creates the look of wood or vinyl siding. However, this material is in fact constructed of cement fibers.

Cedar shake roofing is a traditional type of a roof building material that has been used for hundreds of years. It comes in two varieties, shingles and shakes. A shake is much thicker than a shingle and is split to reveal the uneven natural grain of the wood on the face.

Of all of the options available for cladding your home in Orland Park, Palos Park, Homer Glen, Tinely Park, Frankfort and beyond, cement siding is one of the more practical.

For many homeowners, it is difficult to decide on the type of siding they want for their house. They may currently have beautiful clapboard wood siding that they are not anxious to obliterate. Yet sometimes the current siding is so bad that there is no other choice but to put on new siding.

One of the most important parts of your roofing system Underlayment is the waterproof material that is installed on your roof deck and below your shingles. Some people think that underlayment is only installed to keep the roof watertight until the shingles are installed.

Interview by IlliniosHome.com Tell us a little bit about your company and its foundationMy dad “Stan” started the company in 1967 after a tornado ripped through the Oak Lawn suburb of Chicago. He started roofing in the 1950′s after he moved to Chicago from Sault Ste Marie Michigan.