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Making Wooden Shingles with Hand Tools

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Navarre Bartz

A man standing next to a log holds a wooden mallet and a grey froe with a wooden handle. The froe's long straight blade sits atop the end of the log. Several cuts radiate out from the center of the log going through the length of the wood.

While they have mostly been replaced with other roofing technologies, wooden shingles have a certain rustic charm. If you’re curious about how to make them by hand, [Harry Rogers] takes …read more Continue reading Making Wooden Shingles with Hand Tools→

Nailable Timberline Energy Shingles aim to popularize home solar

Posted on January 5, 2022 by C.C. Weiss

Laying a path for a more solarized future, Silicon Valley’s GAF Energy has launched the Timberline Solar charging system at CES 2022. Replacing the rack-mounted panels on which traditional residential roof solar systems rely, Timberline Energy Shingles… Continue reading Nailable Timberline Energy Shingles aim to popularize home solar→

Tesla’s Invisible Solar Panels Are a Big Deal to Suburbanite Homeowners

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Matthew Gault for Motherboard

We’ll only save the world if we can look good doing it. Continue reading Tesla’s Invisible Solar Panels Are a Big Deal to Suburbanite Homeowners→