The first layer on top of the plywood or OSB roof deck is underlayment. For this, we chose a self-healing ice-and-water membrane to protect the shallow-pitched roof deck. The tricky part in laying the ...

For those who usually work on the roof for reconstructing or repairing houses, you know best how dangerous metal roofs can be as they are sloped and slippery. Therefore, wearing appropriate shoes is ...

Creating defensible space and using hard-to-ignite building materials improve a home’s odds of surviving a conflagration, ...

A metal drip edge covers the space between the roof and the gutter ... when exposed to high heat and seals off the opening. Eaves: Boxed in eaves using ignition-resistant or noncombustible ...

Since my most recent Houses of the Week have been historic or Eastern Shore vernacular houses, I felt as the Monty Python ...