Roof framing has undergone a quiet revolution over ... when going through the process of site-specific truss design would not be cost-effective. Trusses are lightweight engineered units consisting ...

For most homes, using roof trusses is a far better construction method than stick built roof framing. The main exception ... you will have more flexibility on the design of your rooms and the ...

The initial design calls for roof trusses to basically ... wall” built into the truss to boost them over the existing roof framing. The claim is that this will allow them to cut cost, complexity ...

By March 2024, the entire roof frame—la charpente in French—had ... required “a significant amount of work for the design office and also for the teams on the ground”.