Build your walls straight, sturdy and plumb with these great tips. Avoid Framing Mistakes You can debate what the most essential part of building a home is, but there’s no question that framing a ...

Cover the triangular opening in the truss above the house wall by building a 2×2 frame and nailing 1×6 tongue-and-groove boards to the back. Then slide the frame into the opening and screw it ...

Behind the walls, roofs, and interiors of every house lies a structural system that holds everything together, and two of the most critical elements of this system are the truss and the frame.

Truss and Wall-Panel Component Manufacturers Stand Ready to Respond to Framing Labor Shortage NAHB Finds 48% of Single-Family Home Builders Could Not Find Framing Crews in Q1 2013, Up 30% from ...

Answer: 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.

Rafters are made from sloped framing boards of dimensional lumber -- usually 2x8s or 2x10s -- connecting the roof peak, known as the ridge board, to the plates of the exterior walls. They are ...

Crews at Western Building Center’s truss and wall plant in Columbia Falls recently moved into a new 24,000-square-foot facility as demand for housing and commercial framing continues to grow.

Westcap Mgt. Ltd. has announced that its portfolio company, Timber-Tech Truss Limited Partnership, has acquired Darmac ...

The trusses and wall panels are then driven to the building site, where they're put in place, Yoder said. Using steel framing can cut a couple of weeks off the time it takes to build a home, he ...

Truss and Wall-Panel Component Manufacturers Stand Ready to Respond to Framing Labor Shortage NAHB Finds 48% of Single-Family Home Builders Could Not Find Framing Crews in Q1 2013, Up 30% from 2012 ...