Exposed trusses are exceptional architectural elements, at once structural -- they hold up the roof -- while modulating a space to give it scale and rhythm. But with the many truss types out there, ...

Last winter we had snow on the ground that was up to our hips. The drifts on the roof were 5 feet deep. Made me wonder: How much snow is too much for a roof to handle? I wish there were a simple ...

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 ...

In this episode of our Log Cabin Project, we are constructing a tiny log cabin from scratch using materials sourced from our land. The cabin is designed to be fully off-grid and is only accessible by ...

Your series on tornadoes and safer house construction is right on and a true public service. However, I take exception to some of the comments of Mike Mills inferring inadequate building practices and ...

The city building inspector in Concord, New Hampshire, suspects faulty connections between the rafters and the attic joists caused the roof of a two-story Colonial to slide off last week.Click to ...