Basic Roof Components
The many roofing components can be confusing to home and building owners. By knowing the different terminologies contractors use, you can actively participate in your own project. This helps to reduce...
View ArticleDaVinci Offers Energy Star Qualified Products – Ask Us About Them!
Did you know that our DaVinci EcoBlend lightweight roofing systems are an ENERGY STAR® Qualified Product? According to the ENERGY STAR® website, "ENERGY STAR is a government-backed program helping...
View ArticleColorful “Safari Home” Features Custom DaVinci Roof
Inspired by their love of warm earth-tone colors and touches of safari-themed items found inside their home, Jack and Angie Craig transformed the outside of their colonial-style house with stand-out...
View ArticleDon't Forget Snowguards - Even in the Summer!
Chances are in these nice spring months you've been outside in your yard - doing a little "spring cleaning" of your shrubs, planting flowers and more. You may have noticed the damage that the heavy...
View ArticleFrom the Architect's Corner - Customizing Color Blends
After nine years of working at DaVinci Roofscapes, I can really appreciateall of our colors blends and their differences. On the right house with the right color scheme, they can all look awesome. But...
View ArticleDo You Have a DaVinci Roof?
Since 2001, DaVinci has installed our high quality polymer roofing on many rooftops across the country. Perhaps you are a DaVinci client and have had the pleasure of interacting with our dedicated...
View ArticleRoof Type: Gable & Hip
As we continue on our roof design journey, here are a few more to cover - a hip roof and a gable roof. Do you have a hip or a gable roof? Did you buy your home because of your roof line? Your roof...
View ArticleBellaforte by DaVinci – Engineered to Withstand High Winds
Our Bellaforté tiles are some of the most advanced roofing tiles on the market. These tiles have all the appearance and beauty of natural slate or shake roofing tiles but with a higher level of...
View ArticleRecycling with DaVinci Roofscapes Roofing Tiles
When you are looking into green roof construction, there are many factors to consider. You might want a material that is actually the color GREEN on your roof - or perhaps you are looking for a roofing...
View Article5 Ways For Your Home To Make A Great First Impression
When Will Rogers said, "You never get a second chance to make a good first impression" he wasn't talking about his home but he certainly could have been.According to a national homeowner study...
View ArticleUse DaVinci to Restore Your Historic Roof
Structures that have historic significance often require specific materials to preserve their timeless beauty and historic architecture. Consequently, not just any paint, foundation, framing, roof or...
View ArticleFrom the Architect's Corner: Digital Asset Library
Going paperless? Need an update to an existing architectural binder? Our website offers all documents found in our binders in one convenient place. Click here to get to our digital architectural...
View ArticleDressing Up Roofs in Scotland
If you're looking to add a new polymer slate roof to your home and wish to add Old-World accents, consider the ornate decorations the Scottish add to their roofs. While certainly not appropriate for...
View ArticleBe Social with DaVinci Roofscapes!
Are you on Facebook? Twitter? LinkedIn? Pinterest? Google+? YouTube? So are we and we'd love for you to join us! On our Facebook page we post updates to our blog as well as photos of homes and...
View ArticlePolymer Slate - How Does It Compare to the Real Thing?
You might not even be aware that there is such a thing called, "Polymer Slate". What is that anyway? Polymer imitation slate tiles are roofing tiles that are made out of a virgin resins (more or less...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Mai-Kai Condos Stand Out with New DaVinci Multi-Width Shake Roofing
Waterfront living was never so easy. The residents of the Mai Kai condo community in Newport Beach, Calif. enjoy water views and a low-maintenance roof overhead.The 34 units, which are exposed to...
View ArticleHow To Get Your Colors Approved By Your HOA: Quickly and Easily
You bought it. You love it. You keep it looking great. So why does someone else get a say in the color of your paint, door, deck or polymer roof? Many of the millions of Americans living in a...
View ArticleLightweight Slate Roofing System from DaVinci!
A lightweight slate roofing system has many benefits that outweigh concrete and even natural slate roofing. It reduces the dead load of the roof, so you have added design flexibility and less framing...
View ArticleFrom the Architect's Corner - AIA 2013
I really enjoyed working at the AIA Expo at the national convention this year. We had some great discussions with architects from all over the country (26 states recorded for literature/sample...
View ArticleWhat Color Roof Would Look Best with Our Siding?
We have a taupe colored cement board siding and white trim. What color roof would look best. We are also adding a 2 car unattached garage next to the house and have a shed also to roof same cement...
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