We are designing a pitched roof for our 1950s-era home that has an almost-flat torch-down roof. We want to update the look and get a better roofing system. The engineer and construction company ...

It’s usually time to repair a flat roof when you have mold or mildew smells in the home, high energy bills, watermarks or mold spots on the ceiling, cracks in the roofing material, or if the ...

If you frame the new roof with a slope of 2 inches for each foot, it will only add 10 to 12 inches to its height. Try to orient the change so that it does not affect the look of the house from the ...

'Like any roof construction, they need to be specified and built well – there is a legacy of poorly built roofs failing all ...

The flat roof construction is officially complete and we’re ready to move on to the next stage: installing the rubber roof! Watch as we walk through the preparation process and share some tips ...

One of the main roles of any roof is to keep water out, and that’s why flat roofs are prone to problems. Because they have no slope, they can’t effectively discharge rainfall or snow melt. Wherever ...

John Salka explains construction, access and other issues associated with flat-roof operations. Many fire departments assign a team of firefighters to roof operations at structural fires. When ...

I’m having a new house built and it’s been raining for a week. The roof is partially framed and every piece of lumber and all the flat OSB is soaked. My builder says this is normal and I still ...

For most of 31 years, Sarah and Frank Drummond were content with their Maitland house – a ’50s, flat ... roof was built over the screened porch at the back of the house. Once the construction ...

Where any portion of the roof is covered with mineral felt or torch-on felt, it is no greater than 20 per cent of the total roof area.” My flat roof is made of a PVC membrane I think. Why do ...