Roofs

Tips from a custom framer make the engineered-lumber learning curve easier to negotiate by John Spier

From undersize nails to overloaded trusses, here's a look at what builders get wrong when they wing it without an engineer by David Utterback

Glue, staples and a little engineering turn sheets of plywood into trusses and columns by Roger Fleck

How one builder stiffens walls by running studs from floor to roofline by Sean Sheehan