A reader is buying a house with a shallow-pitch roof. The roof surface is asphalt shingles, which concerns the reader because it is a roof that looks nearly flat. A home inspector said the roof slope ...

Flat roofs can strike fear into the hearts of many people but they have come a long way from the problematic, leak-prone versions of the 1980s and before. Nowadays, a well designed and waterproofed ...

Respiratory illnesses among Montreal children could be drastically reduced if efforts were made to rid flat-roofed housing of excessive moisture, according to a new public health study. The study, ...

Note: This story has been updated to include information from the National Weather Service and Western Massachusetts Electric Co. SPRINGFIELD – Snow and rain forecast for Tuesday, followed by ...

Q: I enjoyed the article about puddling on flat roofs (Nov. 2, 2002). I have a slope problem on a 12-by-10-foot one-story addition attached at one edge to a higher wall of my split-level house. It is ...

Collapses from snow and ice have sent workers out to clear flat roofs on schools, shopping plazas and industrial buildings across the region, but building experts say their use in construction is ...