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Flat roofs represent a significant investment and protect the rest of your building. When they fail, they cause a huge scramble for professional help and replacement—which also costs you too. So, avoiding flat roof failure is an important part of caring for any building. To avoid failure, you need to know what causes it in [...]
Are flat roofs more likely to leak than pitched roofs? No, not when properly installed and maintained. While those might seem like big caveats, there are simple steps you can take to ensure that your flat roof is properly installed and then well-maintained. We’ll discuss what you should know about the potential of flat roofs [...]
On a commercial building, flat roofs are often included as a matter of efficiency. On such broad buildings, including a sloped roof would require a very large amount of materials, and the weight of the pitched roof might also be design-prohibitive. It is more cost-effective and more convenient to install flat roofs instead. As a [...]
Tile roofing is a traditional roofing material that you can often find on historic homes in the South, mission style homes on the west coast, and other classic architectural styles. While they were once composed of simple clay, modern material science has enabled manufacturers to make even more durable, consistent and beautiful tiles from concrete [...]
The world of commercial roofing can be a little bit technical, even more so than the residential roofing world. It also doesn't help that there are so many options for commercial roofing. If you own a commercial roof, or you’re responsible for managing one, then it will benefit you to get a handle on some [...]
It’s not just metal roofs that might have noise issues. Your flat roof, whether on a commercial building or your home, might develop noise issues too. While you wouldn’t think that the thick, rubber-like membranes that are on flat roofs would develop noise issues, they definitely can. Here are five common noise issues with flat [...]