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Lighter colored stains on your roof could be lichen, a fungus that is similar to algae but doesn’t leave black streaks. A roofing contractor can determine if the lichen should be removed or if your roof is ready to be replaced.

Solatubes make a wonderful, less obtrusive method to bring in the sunlight to any room in your home. It’s not a difficult process to install one and it adds considerably more light than you can imagine.

Contrary to urban myth, buildings with metal roofs are no more likely to be struck by lightning than any other material - lightning seeks the highest point. However, if the building is struck by lightning, the metal roof is a better distributor of the charge, making the building safer.

Purple and green slate roofs in Vermont and New York date back to the Cambrian period and are at least 500 to 570 million years old. Black slate from northwestern Pennsylvania and Virginia and red and green from New York and Vermont date back to the Ordovician period, 435 to 500 million years ago.

A metal roof is durable, often outperforming other roofing materials by a wide margin. Metal roofing is also energy efficient. In warm weather, it reduces the need for air conditioning by reflecting heat away from a home's interior.