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Does a Roof Need a Ridge Vent?
How and where you vent your roof depends on a lot of factors, including what type of roof you have, where you live, and what existing vents you have.
How Great Houses Take Shape
An architect explains how to use the six principles of massing to shape a distinctive small home.
Designing the Right Roof Rake
One of the most important details on a roof is the rake, the sloping edge along the end wall of a gable, shed, or gambrel roof.
Open Up a Ceiling With a Steel Sandwich
Bolted between rafters, an angled steel flitch plate can eliminate the need for rafter ties in cathedral ceilings.
Downsize and Upscale
A planned community's modest model home raises the bar for production houses.
Big Gable Hides a Boring Ranch
A change in a ranch's ridgeline transforms a suburban house without disturbing the neighborhood.
Dentil molding on a gable: plumb or square?
Q: What’s the correct way to run dentil molding on a gable end: plumb to the world or square to the rake? Aaron Parret, Great Falls, MT A: Brent Hull, owner…
Tying a new roof into an old one
Q: I’m building an addition to my truss-roofed house. The new gable roof will be perpendicular to the existing gable roof. What’s the best way to attach these two roofs?…
Rolling Roof Trusses
Factory-made trusses save time and give you a roof engineered for strength and stability.
Laying Out a Common Rafter
For simple gable or shed roofs, you need to learn this basic building block of roof framing.

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