Q: I have a redwood patio overhang about 16 by 16 feet. The 2-by-8 rafters are attached to the roof of my house and extend to where they rest on a beam held up by three posts. I needed to replace the ...

Never able to pass up a mystery, Duke library staff dove into the archives, starting with the records of every laborer who ...

Q: I have a house built in the late 1970s that has large beams exposed beyond the roof line. After more than 30 years of neglect and exposure there is a good deal of dry rot in them. I think I should ...

The Wembley stadium site was evacuated after a 50-tonne steel rafter slipped 1.6ft, creating an "enormous bang". About 3,500 workers were cleared from the site of the £757m project, already behind ...

Call it a team building exorcise. Downtown’s New York City College of Technology celebrated the erection of the final beam of its new Jay Street building on June 22 with a “topping off” ceremony — an ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Central & North Burnett. Followed categories will be added to My News. The main area of concern this week was our ceiling. Which finish is the right one for us?

Large wood timbers are strong, impressive and widely used in architecture. They are popular because they are easy to work into shapes that can be used both structurally and aesthetically. Wood beams ...

One thing we like about Arizona is how different our houses look compared with homes in other parts of the country. Many of us love the territorial style — the flat roofs, the parapet walls above the ...