Contemporary homes with flat roofs are trending. Use these tips to help ensure peak performance of flat roof installations ...

In San Leandro, where we grew up, there are many homes built in the 1930s and '40s that were built not only with flat roofs but also with parapet walls to hide the roof lines. The parapets were ...

Q: I have a house that was built in the 1970s and that has a flat roof with a small parapet wall around it. Can I have a pitched roof put on top of the flat roof? Do homeowners ever do that?

Many of us love the territorial style — the flat roofs, the parapet walls above the roofs ... to the stucco surface of the home. Copper caps also can be installed over vigas but need to have ...