A roof replacement is an expensive proposition, and you might not need one. Here's how to tell when a less expensive repair ...

As the middle post of the roof truss, the king post or joggle post is a vertical support that transfers weight from the ridge beam to the end walls or joists. Roof trusses may use designs that are ...

These wooden beams slope downward from the central ridge or hip of the roof down to the top of the wall, where a series of ridge boards (or ridge beams) and ceiling joists hold the rafters in place.

These pre-cut panels fit between roof rafters or joists, controlling heat loss and gain. Prchal recommended fiberglass batts for their affordability, accessibility and ease of installation.

Dead load refers to the weight of the structure itself. Selecting rafters, beams, and joists requires an understanding of product features. Rafters, or roof beams, are sloped, structural members that ...

A complex series of set-back, sloping, mansard roofs enabled Nick Baker Architects to add two storeys to the top of a former ...

The underlayment will be replaced, and any necessary repairs to the roof decking or joists will be completed. Flashing will be installed or replaced along roof valleys and around any penetrations ...

Bicycles not only take up a lot of space in garages, they also tend to get buried behind all the other stuff that's crammed ...

Two empty units in a listed rail station could be transformed from their current "state of disrepair" under new plans.

Your roof can actually live happily for 40 years or more, like a snapping turtle, or for as few as one year, like a high-end ...

Carter Gaddis is a senior writer at USA TODAY Homefront. He is an experienced journalist who has written about roofing, sunrooms, title insurance and other home service topics. Carter has ...

For a millennial couple buying their first home, on an island in the Puget Sound, the cost of humanely resolving the bat ...