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 ...

She had an addition constructed with a flat roof on the rear of her Victorian home. The solution was to frame a sloped roof over the existing flat roof. Creating a sloped roof on your 10-by-12 ...

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 ...

A: Flat roofs are the bane of builders ... this is an ideal time to remove the roof sheeting and adjust the framing for the proper slope. At the same time, make sure that the framing is sized ...

Deadload or propped rafter roof frames are made of lightweight cold-rolled steel, which makes for a highly flexible structure. They are mechanically fixed directly to the flat roof deck, using the ...