Many readers are responding to today's column (July 27) with their own horror stories about cedar shake roofs and fire. This e-mail, from a reader in Salem, is a good example of what I'm hearing ...

Shake roofs installed in this fashion can have life spans of as little as 15 years. Infrequently, I’ve seen cedar shakes installed over wood furring – strips of wood applied to the plywood ...

The green roof market alone grew by 115% last year, according to Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, a not-for-profit organization touting the benefits of turf roofing.

However, if cedar roofs are restored prior to reaching their life expectancy, then these same cedar roofs can last for 25 years or more. The process of restoring cedar roofing is not complicated.

The roof is under warranty, so there will be no charge for the repairs, he said. However, he said, workers are having a hard time locating the problem due to the bad weather.

Aloft: How to Use Turf . As previously mentioned, Turf can be used to create various turf building pieces, including Turf ...

The Denver Green Buildings Ordinance is a building code that requires buildings larger than 25,000 square feet to dedicate a section of their roofs to solar or rooftop gardens, with portions ranging ...

WESTFIELD — Westfield residents rejected a $16.9 million bond referendum that would have funded a new turf athletic field and replaced 12 roofs in the district. Monday night’s vote bundled the ...

Cedar City became the latest city in Utah to start paying residents to remove their grass, joining a statewide turf removal initiative. News Sports Life Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.