Nick is a writer with nearly a decade of experience in the home improvement industry. Now one of Forbes Home’s in-house writers, he previously wrote for Forbes Home as a freelance writer. He has ...

Waste from Upper Michigan's copper mines is a treasure for area roofers who can use stamp sand to make cheaper shingles from recycled material. Ralph Hodek, an associate professor of civil and ...

Years ago, actors Robert Wagner and Jill St. John contacted Joe Zappone about having copper shingles installed on their roof. “Jill and I got along good on the phone,” Zappone recalled, “but Robert ...

The theft of copper in central Ohio has risen significantly in the past few years -- a statistic not lost on Sunbury officials when they decided earlier this summer to replace the historic Town Hall's ...

When it was time to replace the copper roof atop the 13-story Emily Morgan Hotel — something that hadn’t been done in the building’s 91-year history — the project leader knew he needed a team of ...

Perhaps you've noticed it atop homes and businesses: copper details like trims, chimney caps, finials and awnings gleaming in the sun. Besides adding an impressive visual component, roof details made ...