Tim, I grew up in an older home with an attic. I love storing things ... The house called for normal trusses and that’s what I ordered. The roof was moderately steep and the overall height ...

Q: I grew up in an older home with an attic. I love storing ... another structure with a pitched roof is that you can have a bonus room built within the roof trusses for a very reasonable upcharge.

All roof systems were identical lightweight truss systems. Walls and ceilings ... NIST test was what happened once flame penetrated the attic space. Collapse occurred on an average of only eight ...

Special designs of roof trusses are available, some not priced much higher than standard trusses, specifically designed for attic storage areas or full rooms. For about $500 extra, you can build a ...

This often happens in the winter, as the heating system kicks on ... the area where the cracks appear from the roof trusses near the walls. In the attic, screw lengths of two-by-fours alongside ...

Labor costs per board foot also tend to go up with larger structures, but the roof truss cost estimates shown here reflect materials only. The shape of your attic and roof—plus the type of ...

A new kind of roof-and-attic system field tested at the DoE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) improves the efficiency of both winter heating and summer cooling. Importantly, the new system ...

Seldom do most of us give much thought to the air flow in our attic. Ventilation is vital for roofing systems on homes with unheated attic spaces. Roof vents are the key to proper venting.