In Episode 13 of the Dream Shop Build Series, we install a heavy-duty girder truss designed to support the roof and second-story mezzanine. This video also covers framing the final wall in preparation ...

Below beams more than 35 feet high, workers scamper around an assembly area and join together pieces of wood that soon will sit on top of a house. Abner Yoder points to the beams supporting the roof ...

Wood truss construction surged in popularity in the 1960s and ’70s, but back then most buildings that used metal-plate-connected wood trusses had flat ceilings. With today’s CAD and BIM technology, ...

Miami building supplier Manuel Menendez has yet to replace or fix many of the poor-quality roof trusses he allegedly sold for use in up to 3,000 Dade County homes built in the 1980s. And only days ...

In this video, I frame out the "camphouse shed" project, including building custom roof trusses. I share the lessons learned ...

We are adding a master bedroom and family room "wing" to our house. It will have a standard pitched roof. Do you recommend having the roof stick built with lumber or using pre-made roof trusses? — Arn ...

Architectural trends, increasing emphasis on energy efficiency and the continual development of new building materials all result in residential roof structures becoming increasingly complex. In a bid ...