A zero-emission mobile holiday cabin and a triangular house with underground bedrooms feature in this roundup of A-frame homes.

Flat roofs share one trait: with time, they tend to leak. You can, of course, have a new hot-tar-and-gravel roof put down but sometimes there may be a design reason for adding a pitched roof as a ...

The concept of pitch framing is not exactly new, but it certainly seems to be under a bit more scrutiny now.

The concept of pitch framing is not exactly new, but it certainly seems to be under a bit more scrutiny now. There was even a bench-clearing incident this month when Arizona manager Torey Lovullo ...

The concept of pitch framing is not exactly new, but it certainly seems to be under a bit more scrutiny now. There was even a bench-clearing incident earlier this month when Arizona manager Torey ...

In this episode, we cover roof rafters with plywood sheathing and install roof anchors for safety while working 15 feet up. We also begin framing the gable ends of our tiny log cabin, which is built ...

We are designing a pitched roof for our 1950s-era home that has an almost-flat torch-down roof. We want to update the look and get a better roofing system. The engineer and construction company ...

These dramatically pitched-roof homes, usually found in forests where snow and rain and tree ephemera can slide off its steep silhouette, often come kitted out with windows aplenty, a front deck ...

Photo courtesy/Tim Carter A simple framing square, circular saw and a tape measure are just about all you need to make perfect angled roof rafter cuts. Those and a basic knowledge of trigonometry.

The university says it has three options: 1. Replacing the current Carrier Dome air supported roof, saying the technology is considered outdated and difficult to maintain.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The concept of pitch framing is not exactly new, but it certainly seems to be under a bit more scrutiny now. There was even a bench-clearing incident earlier this month when ...

The concept of pitch framing is not exactly new, but it certainly seems to be under a bit more scrutiny now.