WHITE RIVER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WZZM) -- Wind is thought to be the cause of a partial building collapse at a construction site in Muskegon County. Two workers were hurt when the rafters they were working ...

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 ...

WEBVTT WMUR'S SUZANNE ROANTREE JOINS US TO EXPLAIN WHAT WENT WRONG HERE. LEILA CONVENIENT, HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN WERE ALL INSIDE THEIR CONCORD HOME ON SATURDAY WHEN THEY REALIZED THEIR ROOF HAD ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...