Q: Tim, I grew up in an older home with an attic.I love storing things up there. When I watch new homes being built, all I see are trusses with all sorts of cross supports that make it impossible ...

Q: I grew up in an older home with an attic. I love storing things up there. When I watch new homes being built, all I see are trusses with all sorts of cross supports that make it impossible to ...

Had you incorporated a full-sized attic truss in your roof, I’ll bet you could have created a 15-by-30-foot room for less than $1,350.

DEAR TIM: My family is growing and I need to move my home office. I looked up into the attic over my garage that’s built with standard roof trusses. There’s plenty of room to create an office.

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.

Q: My garage is overflowing with junk and I need to clean it up. I was thinking of shelving and cabinets, but then the idea of pull-down stairs dawned on me. What is the cost and difficulty of ...

Q. The roof on my house is just a big flat area. I’ve seen similar style houses that have a dormer on the roof. This structure makes the house far more interesting. What does it take to add ...

Angular concrete roof trusses frame the flexible open-plan attic that crowns this Indonesian house, which has been renovated ...

Q: The attic in our 4-year-old house creaks, and when it's windy we hear cracking noises as well. The sounds are loud, waking us up. The builder sent a fellow to add 2-by-4s to some of the trusses.

The attic in our four-year-old house creaks, and when it's windy, we hear cracking noises as well. It sounds as if something is going to come crashing through the ceiling above our bed. The ...