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.Code ...

Learn how to build an a frame house (complete with a cozy sleeping loft) in this illustrated, step-by-step guide. One of the sturdiest of all structures is the A-frame, whose skeleton consists simply ...

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 ...

I’ve got one last project before winter sets in. I want to build a small shed, but I’m not sure how to frame the standard gable roof. I can handle placing the framing square to make the plumb and heel ...

The construction of domestic roofs refers to the frame construction and covering that is found on the majority of detached houses in temperate or cold climates. These roofs tend to be built with ...

DEAR TIM: I’m now retired and starting to attack a huge list of projects. One of them is building a simple shed, and I have no clue how to cut and create a simple roof rafter. I know it can’t be that ...