Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Lowe Larretta is former lead editor for Forbes Home, covering all things ...

A contemporary flat-roofed addition to a historic home might be the perfect ... Both styles of roofs have benefits and negatives and the best design will depend on a multitude of factors, from ...

Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many ... She has a passion for lifestyle topic... If your flat roof needs replacing, you’re in luck (sort ...

They will design it to be stronger ... is required in order to keep a flat roof in good condition and you will need to add ...

We designed our house with a flat roof to maximise our outdoor living spaces while creating a low profile home, tucking into the bush surrounding the site. Photo / Ben Crawford The Block NZ 2012 ...

We are designing a pitched roof for our 1950s-era home that has an almost-flat torch-down roof ... which has me a bit concerned. The initial design calls for roof trusses to basically rest ...

Flat roofs share one trait ... Send a description of your interior design dilemma to [email protected] or Home&Garden, The San Francisco Chronicle, 901 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103.

How minor is the slope of a flat or low-slope roof? It’s usually between ¼-½” depending upon the builder and the design of the home. A low-slope roof allows some water to drain from the roof ...

While flat-roof systems have an official lifespan of about 25 years, anyone who actually has a flat roof knows you’re lucky if you get a decade out of them before they start to leak and ...

The roof design characteristic of Egyptian ... The symmetric geometries that come with a flat roof make the home stand out, especially in neighbourhoods where few or no individuals have similar ...

That includes everything from fire-resistant landscaping, less flammable home design, and fire hydrants in the driveway ... the trees are trimmed and several feet from the buildings, the roofs are ...