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There’s no mistaking it; it’s time to replace your roof. You’re staring at a roof out back of the house. There is shingle granules in … Read more

Field shingles is most people’s biggest expense because they define your home’s look. They are also out on the slopes. They bear the brunt of … Read more

Most people don’t think about rafters when designing their roofs. Sure, they may notice ridge line and shingles, but the rafter bear most of the … Read more

Sometimes when you’re standing in the corner of a room, you look up at rafters and notice that they don’t come together in a nice … Read more

Knowing your roof needs replacing is different than knowing how much it will cost. You can spend many hours staring at roof plans, but you … Read more

You feel a sense of dread, the kind that clenches your gut as you gaze at pile of cedar bundles in your driveway. What you … Read more

For most people, it begins with the span. You take out a tape measure, you figure out how far apart two walls are, and you … Read more

The framing sits on the headers. But the framing sits on the headers. If you want to open up a floor plan by removing one … Read more

So you begin your pergola with a simple idea, some wood, some shade. Then it turns into a structural engineering problem instead of an easy … Read more

The gap between two post sits there, in your back yard. You’re standing there wondering what to build. What about timber? It’s not something you … Read more

There you are standing in a bare room looking at the gap between two walls. You is trying to decide what should go there. This … Read more

Roofs can’t be flat. If they’re flat, then they has to have some pitch on them so that water can run off. It is typicaly … Read more

The best way to think about a roof isn’t merely as protection from rain; consider it a series of lever arms pushing out against house … Read more