Insulating a pitched roof or loft is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve your home's energy efficiency. Uninsulated homes lose around a quarter of their heat through the roof. Even if you ...

Thankfully such concerns can be dispelled by taking the trouble to consider the three main aspects of flat roof extensions: the structure, insulation and coverings. Chartered surveyor, Ian Rock ...

Many Arizona residents love the territorial style of home building that helps keep the spirit of the old Southwest alive. Most of them don’t have real adobe bricks for their walls, but they often have ...

Philadelphia has a lot of flat roofs. People like them because they look nice and they are useful. However, considering the bad climate in Philadelphia, how do these flat roofs fare? This blog will ...

You’ve heard the Guys for years saying that any building needs a great roof and a great foundation. But in that discussion, we have ignored a huge segment of the roofing market: flat roofs. According ...

Given the remarkable amounts of snow this winter, you may be wondering why anyone would build a flat roof. It’s bad enough to have to shovel the driveway, but the roof, too? Doesn’t a peaked roof make ...

It’s easy to love your roof when it’s relatively new and doing its job. How long that honeymoon period of roofing affection lasts depends a lot on the type of roof you have over your head—while some ...

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 ...