If you have a flat roof on your house, a deck can provide a relaxing outdoor space—and add value to your home. Outdoor space is always a good thing in a home. No matter how nice your interiors are, ...

A. Cables, raceways, and enclosures under metal-corrugated sheet roof decking are not permitted to be located within 1½ in. of the roof decking measured from the lowest surface of the roof decking to ...

We are in the process of building out our roof to be a usable deck/urban garden. It was recently brought to our attention that the DOB in Manhattan only allows 20% Ipe on the roof. Our engineer report ...

When we had our roof replaced last year, the workers put down a layer of oriented strand board decking over the existing solid boards. Now, all four edges of each of these panels show up on the roof ...

All questions and answers are based on the 2011 NEC. Q. What are the NEC requirements for sizing receptacles? A. A single receptacle on an individual branch circuit must have an ampacity not less than ...

Late last fall we had our roof replaced. This spring, as the snow melted and I was walking around the yard, I found six shingles on the ground. Looking up on the roof, I could see where they had blown ...

Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! It’s officially drinking on the roof season ...