Panelized wood roofs have been in use for more than 40 years west of the Mississippi, where wood has always been plentiful, but the roofing system is new to regions east of the mighty river and in ...

There are horror stories of months-long wait times to secure a roof-deck permit in Washington—and of illegal monstrosities erected by less-than-considerate neighbors. But building a retreat among the ...

Q-I am building a raised wood deck next to my house. I have to lay out the outline of the deck so that its corner will form a right angle. I know that a surveyor can do this, but I understand builders ...

Flames licked over the parapet of a Greenwich Village building on Monday morning and black smoke billowed into the air after a wooden roof deck ignited. It was the second time in less than a week that ...

Aaron Pilch was on a quest for two pieces of wood. It took him three weeks to find them. The do-it-yourselfer recently needed the 2-inch-by-12-inch-by-12-foot planks of pressure-treated pine to make ...