To those who sat through the recent blizzard wondering how much snow it would take to collapse their home’s roof, here’s an answer: A lot. A properly designed, built-to-code residential roof in ...

Recent roof collapses illustrate the danger that accumulating snow and ice can pose on buildings not constructed to withstand that load. Most central Pennsylvania roofs, if built correctly, should ...

The “Ask a Builder” series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life. When should I worry about snow ...

The Fire Service in the Midwest has noted an increase in roof overloading scenarios due to the significant amount of snowfall in the past months. With this, there has also been an increase in ...

With New Jersey coming up on two years with little snow to speak of, you can bet kids are missing one major winter highlight − snow days! Assuming Jack Frost comes to call one of these days, there's a ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- As the owner of several historic buildings in Yakima, Joe Mann might worry about the snow piling up on all those expansive flat roofs. Or not. Mann isn’t concerned at this point, he ...

HAILEY — As of noon Tuesday, the current roof snow load is estimated to be 70.20 pounds per square foot in the vicinity of Hailey. Local building officials measured about 54 pounds per square foot at ...

The more than 100 inches of snow that has fallen on Anchorage so far this winter is starting to push buildings to the breaking point. Two roofs of commercial buildings have collapsed in the past week ...