About 80 years ago, the bowstring truss roof became a popular construction element in the United States. Prior to 1960, it was reportedly one of the most common design types for commercial and ...

For most homes, using roof trusses is a far better construction method than stick built roof framing. The main exception is if you plan to use the attic area for storage of large items.

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 ...

Here, briefly, is how the trusses (and the gambrel roof formed from them) went together: Research and Planning I’d planned to start by making a dozen or so gambrel-shaped frames or trusses out ...

Trenton-based Mans Lumber & Home LLC announced this week its acquisition of Michigan Timber & Truss, another family-owned business that designs and manufactures roof and floor trusses. Related ...

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 requires three cranes and hundreds of ...