Embedded truss anchors, diminutive boiler, compressor relief; metal roofing; skylights
Metal roofing is durable, attractive, and available in a wide range of styles, from basic galvanized panels to shakes, shingles, and tiles.
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Q. We're working on a 120-year-old house that still has its original standing-seam metal roof. A roof painter told the owner that this roof has 50 years of useful life left. Can a metal roof really last 170 years?
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This year’s roundup of problem-solving tools and materials will help you build better and work smarter.
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Algae on asphalt shingles
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Q: Can copper roofing be installed over SIP roof panels? I have heard that high temperatures under copper roofing might damage the SIPs.
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Q: Can regular sheets of metal panel roofing be installed on a curved roof with a radius of 28 feet?
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This stainless-steel bracket anchors and supports a rooftop deck while preventing leaks into the living space below.
A design-builder explains how he laid out, framed, and finished a large archtopped bumpout in a conventional gable roof.
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Every year, product and tool manufacturers vie for your attention with the latest, greatest releases guaranteed to help you work faster, better, cheaper. Here’s our pick for 2001.
Q: I am installing steel roofing panels with exposed fasteners. Where it is necessary to install two panels between the ridge and the eaves, how much should the panels overlap?
An experienced roofing contractor describes the details that make for a long-lasting, leak-free concrete tile roof.
Q: My company has been asked to enclose a triple-wall metal chimney with a rectangular chase above the roofline. The chimney vents a fireplace, and extends about 4 feet above the roof. The homeowners want to box in the chimney with framing, sheathing, sid
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Gold leaf roofing
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A Florida roofing contractor tells how to select and install a screw-down metal roof.
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Cordless battery update, lumber price predictions, “green” building defined, geothermal heat pump rebates curtailed, job-site theft, storm shelters in tornado alley, algae-resistant shingles, residential silos
A small roof leak can create expensive problems. An inspector with years of experience surveys the trouble spots on both flat and steep roofs.
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Steel hollow-wall fasteners, exterior vinyl flooring, low-maintenance vinyl deck boards, remodeling for your pickup, easy metal roof panels, one-piece PVC deck system, low-profile hydronic baseboard, outdoor lighting, rooftop snow guard
Q: I designed an open-plan house with what I hoped would be an energy-efficient, maintenance-free roof. The house and its roof have performed well except for occasional annoying ceiling drips, which occur every winter. (A similar but not identical situation was discussed in your March ’99 On the...
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Keep runoff under control where roofs of different pitches intersect.