Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed a new form of ultra-thin, curved roofing that's capable of producing solar power. The design will allow a ...

Concrete has been around for millennia, but now, engineers at ETH Zurich have developed a more efficient method for building with the material, erecting an ultra-thin, curved prototype roof that ...

Your roof covers the largest asset you own, so it pays to know the signs of trouble. Fortunately, many of the danger signals are easy to see-you can sometimes even spot them from the ground. A ...

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) researchers designed a super thin concrete roof that includes thin-film photovoltaic cells.

Some roof problems are clearly for experts, but you should be able to fix minor leaks and broken shingles yourself. Here are some DIY roof tips.

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They expect the total cost for the roof replacement will be about $2 million and the concrete work will also be about $2 ...

Q. Eight years ago, I had a new asphalt shingle roof installed on my 55-year-old home. Leaks recently started to appear in several areas of my home, and, upon inspection, roofing nails actually had… ...

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The rapid increase in the price of cement from N1,800 in December 2013 to about N2,500 now is unsettling for builders, especially those in the housing sub-sector of the economy.