The decorative rafters are bright red like marinara sauce and shaped like the top of an old barn. The light bulbs hanging from the ceiling are enclosed in empty tomato sauce cans, making them more ...

When you're finished installing the rafters, nail the subfascia (H1, H2) to the tails of the rafters and install the 2x6 lower headers (M1, M2) directly beneath the upper headers.

This offers a glimpse of a soffit of exposed decorative rafter tails of this C. Emlen Urban house. The 1898 home is one of two paired mansions in the 600 block of West Chestnut Street.

Thread the 10-gauge stainless steel wire through the top (formerly the bottom) of the can, twisting the ends to create a hook to hang your feeder from a tree branch or exposed porch rafter. Using a ...

Simpson Strong-Tie now offers its versatile, patent-pending LSSR rafter hanger in 2x lumber sizes that can install with both miter-cut and square-cut joists for plated truss.

Answering your NEC questionsFig. 1. Secured means “fastened” such as with a strap or tie wrap; supported means “held” such as with a hanger or run through a hole in a stud, joist, or rafter.

In Hull’s version of the home, adjusted with historical details, he’s also added a box eave on the top floor and an open eave above the porch. “I like an open eave on this house. Showing the ...