When it comes to choosing a roof for your home, the last thing you might think of is a flat one. Although often ... Can keep water from pooling and building up near the building’s foundation.

We are designing a pitched roof for our 1950s-era home that has an almost-flat torch-down roof ... truss to boost them over the existing roof framing. The claim is that this will allow them ...

Q: You advised a reader that if he wants to replace his wooden roof with composition shingles he will have to cover the skip sheeting with a plywood deck. I plan to re-roof my house this summer ...