Cutting and assembling rafters requires a skillful carpenter and a fair amount of time. To simplify the job and save time and money, engineers developed roof trusses to replace rafter assemblies.

Most new home construction now utilizes pre-engineered and built roof trusses, as opposed to traditional rafter framing to form the roof structure of the house. This type of framing construction ...

Fascia is a term that is often thrown around by roofing experts to identify the part of the roof structure that covers the exposed roof rafters, trusses, and open cavity where the roof meets the ...