This makes it easier to finish these gable trusses with the exterior finishing materials. Once the bundle or bundles of trusses are placed flat on the roof, cut the bands to separate them.

This makes it easier to finish these gable trusses with the exterior finishing materials. Once the bundle or bundles of trusses are placed flat on the roof, cut the bands to separate them.

Because the trusses run parallel all the way to the end of the roof, the vertical gables are susceptible to heavy wind loads. For this reason, gable roofs aren't as strong or durable as hip roofs ...

I’ve got one last project before winter sets in. I want to build a small shed, but I’m not sure how to frame the standard gable roof. I can handle placing the framing square to make the plumb ...

three wood-frame houses, including one-story houses with hip and gable roofs and a two-story house with a gable roof, and one reinforced concrete and masonry house with a gable roof. We assumed the ...