A Most roofs constructed to code are likely to be fine. But the weight of the snow, combined with rain predicted for Friday and Saturday, could cause a flat roof to collapse.

The largest segment of the flat roof market is Built Up Roof, BUR, systems which are often comprised of two to four layers of bitumen impregnated fiber sheets, think tarpaper, “mopped” into a ...

The semicircular and trapezoidal shaped gutters offer least resistance and result in optimum flow. Their wider mouth reduces wastage of water by splashing. Semi circular gutters are usually preferred ...

Flat roofs shouldn’t really be flat anyway. Even though joists go in level, firring pieces are used to give it a small fall, (about 1:60 or 1 degree), and direct water to an outlet or gutter.