Tar-and-gravel roofs consist of several layers of asphalt impregnated building paper, also called roofing felt, applied over a plywood deck. Each layer is hot-mopped with liquid asphalt to form a ...

Q–Our 26-year-old home needs a new roof. The architect who designed the house advised us to consider a roof that is first covered with tar, then a layer of stones. The roof, which has a very low ...

Flat roofs share one trait: with time, they tend to leak. You can, of course, have a new hot-tar-and-gravel roof put down but sometimes there may be a design reason for adding a pitched roof as a ...

Building a reinforced concrete roof requires careful planning and precise execution, and using a construction mixer makes the process much easier and more efficient. First, start by measuring the area ...

Q: We have a two-story house built with a back patio that is covered by a tar and gravel roof. Now when I look out on that roof, most of the gravel is gone. It apparently washed off in the rain ...

In other words, green roofs are a modern version of the medieval sod roof, a perfect example of low-tech meets high-concept. Get the INDY Daily. Join 24,000 of your neighbors and stay in tune with ...

The county and the housing authority appear to have found their way around one of many roadblocks set up by a multimillionaire who doesn’t want affordable housing in his back yard. And it isn’t a ...

Q: We have a two-story house built with a back patio that is covered by a tar and gravel roof. Now when I look out on that roof, most of the gravel is gone. It apparently washed off in the rain ...