Finally, roof decks may run into all manner of local building codes, HOA rules, and other regulations. Check on this thoroughly before you’re forced to remove a brand-new deck. Delivery.

Q. I am an owner of a condominium unit in Chicago. The top-floor unit owner in our building has purchased the rights to install a deck on part of the roof. Does this owner have the right to prevent… ...

Deck building creates an unbelievable amount of trash: lumber offcuts, packaging, lunch wrappers. ... This is to allow you to hook the tape to a screw or the head of a roofing nail.

Private roof decks, the envy of the neighborhood when the weather is nice, are a trendy accessory in newly built townhouses in town-center-style communities in the suburbs.