Some demolition is done on the old ell to prepare it for renovation, while ceiling joists and roof rafters go up in the new section of the house. Week 16 Data Dump: QBs, RBs, WRs and TEs you can COUNT ...

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 ...

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 ...

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