Dear Jerry: I had my 1965-built cedar-shingle house painted last summer. (I've only lived in the house for 11 years). Within a couple of months the east side of the house started to bubble. The ...

Q: The brown shingles on our house, built in the late 1950s, are showing signs of wear. While not worn or damaged, the shingles look tired -- waterlogged or parched, depending on the season. We've ...

Q. Paint was dropped on an asphalt shingle roof during an amateur house painting project. How can I remove that paint? A. You can’t remove it without damaging the shingles. Damaging, heck, destroying ...

Q:My wall shingles are 70 years old and not curling. The paint is thick and cracked, but there is no peeling. I have heard of a Power Shaver, an electric tool for scraping paint. Or should I ...

Q–My house is sided with cedar shingles that were painted about four years ago. The paint on one side of the house is badly weathered and flaking. Paint in the grooves of the shingles actually hangs ...

The painting of cedar shingles column last week elicited several replies. Here are two: Dear Jerry: I have a Cape Cod built 1947, cedar shingles; I like the look. The original paint and all the coats ...

Q. Our roof shingles are a light gray color and we want to paint them a darker color. Is this possible? A. This is always “iffy.” If you paint them, remember that this will have to be repainted at ...

Florida Power & Light reimbursed contractors to paint thousands of homeowners' asphalt shingle roofs white to reflect sunlight – against the advice of the federal government and major roofing ...

Q. I would like to paint the exterior of my home. On the north, south and east sides of the house, I have asbestos shingles that are in fairly good shape, installed in 1975. On the west side, I have ...