There is the National Association of Home Inspectors and at least one other professional group of inspectors which list their certified inspectors by state. He would have a realistic idea of the weather requirements and could see in person many details that it is hard to judge from a distance. It really might be worth the cost to have a local home inspector look over the house. Brai or other torch down modified bitumen roofs might last a bit longer and a rubber or synthetic single membrane roof would be expected to last the longest at around fifty years. It would be good if the canales are not on the north side of the house so that when water is discharged in transitional weather it does not refreeze when it hits the shaded ground and build up an ice dam.Īs for the roof membrane itself, a well done hot mop - sometimes called a built up - roof should give about thirty years life before it needs significant attention.
If the roof is well insulated then I would expect in the right climate that the snow would indeed persist throughout the winter and add to the insulating value. Crickets might be barely discernable on a low slope roof but they should be there or else water puddles long the parapet where the roof meets it. A really good roof has crickets which are sloped sections of the roof that make sure that water runs to the canales. A minimum slope of 1/4" per foot is what is expected of flat roofs. Could you advise us on what kinds of questions to ask about the roof materials/design, etc., to make sure it is built properly?Ī: Hopefully the roof has some pitch to it so that water drains to the canales and does not puddle on the roof. It is 15 years old and appears to be in excellent shape.
It has drainage spouts at the flat part of the roof and looks to be very well-built, with no signs of leakage. Our realtor says that it just stays on the roof throughout the winter and provides extra insulation. Q: We are considering purchasing an adobe-style, flat-roofed house in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, but are concerned about how the roof handles the snowfall. His website,, lists the course schedule and many other resources related to working with adobe. In the fall of 1995 he establishedĪnd taught the full-time Adobe Construction Program at Northern New MexicoĬommunity College. More, Quentin moved into professional solar adobe construction in 1976Īs the Project Manager and Instructor for the Sundwellings Demonstration Later, he traveled a bit, went through theĪrmy, and graduated eventually from the University of New Mexico withĪ major in physics, minors in math, chemistry, and education in 1970.Īfter teaching high school two years and community college math for three By age thirteen he made full-sized adobes in the back Sheets in his mothers oven in order to construct house models forĪ class assignment. In the fifth grade, he made miniature adobes on cookie Up in the South Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico where he watched adobeīricks being made. Associates, specializes in solar adobe design and construction.
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