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 ...

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Dear James: 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 ...

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 ...

Dear Jason: Look for a new contractor. Special designs of roof trusses are available, some not priced much higher than standard trusses, specifically designed for attic storage areas or full rooms.

Most new home construction now utilizes pre-engineered and built roof trusses, as opposed to traditional rafter framing to form the roof structure of the house. This type of framing construction is ...

Hancock Lumber has acquired Mainely Trusses, a market-leading roof and floor truss manufacturing facility based in Fairfield that was founded in 1991 by John Boulet. Terms of the acquisition were not ...

In a crucial step forward for the building of Milwaukee’s new downtown arena, the first roof truss of the new Bucks arena were raised into position at the Milwaukee Tool Construction Site on Tuesday ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Some big changes are coming to the Dome at Syracuse University as the new roof begins to take shape. The first pieces of the “crown truss” were put in place Thursday. It’s part of a ...

ALOHA -- An estimated $300,000 to $400,000 worth of structural repairs is underway at after school officials learned that 119 wooden structures supporting the roof were damaged or broken. The school's ...

MILWAUKEE -- The first roof truss of the new Bucks arena was raised into position on Tuesday morning, May 2nd at the Milwaukee Tool Construction Site. The job ...