In this episode, the truss bracing is completed and the flat roof structure is prepared for furring strips, plywood, and ...

In this episode, a new extension roof begins featuring multiple roofing methods including a lean-to roof, truss roof, cut ...

Roof framing has undergone a quiet revolution over the past half century. Trusses are gradually replacing the conventional rafters, to the point that nowadays more than 80 percent of new residential ...

Last week, I was downloading some photos from my fancy digital camera, and I stumbled across hundreds of forgotten photos I shot while my daughter’s new home was being built on Mt. Desert Island in ...

We have a one-story contemporary house with a flat roof. The only space between the drywall ceiling and the plywood roof is the depth of the roof joists that are 2x10s with 11 feet of span from house ...

truss — A framework of triangulated forms in which all loads are carried by compression or tension in each member of the frame. It is time for the fire service to make peace with an old nemesis: the ...

Last week I was downloading some photos from my digital camera, and I stumbled across hundreds of forgotten photos I shot while my daughter’s new home was being built on Mount Desert Island, off the ...