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 ...

This lets truss structures carry heavy weight or reach across long distances. A roof needs to hold a lot of weight. It rests on columns and beams. Beams are pieces of material arranged horizontally.

Fascia is a term that is often thrown around by roofing experts to identify the part of the roof structure that covers the exposed roof rafters, trusses, and open cavity where the roof meets the ...

Nice weather has allowed the work to continue at the construction site for the new Stevens Apartments, under construction on April 21 at 118 Haller Street in Wood River. Workers were installing roof ...

During the Suffolk City Council work session, Director of Capital Projects Gary Jones provided an update on the Planters Club, a 100-year-old rental facility that has been closed for about a year due ...