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 ...

Many renovated buildings replace wood and masonry structural elements with steel. The replacement of heavy wooden roof and floor joists with the lighter steel open-web bar-truss joists is a common ...

The upper floors of the Broward courthouse can reopen now that inspectors have determined the cracks found in beams two weeks ago pose no threat to the public. “We’ll be back in business 9 a.m.

Editor’s note: Welcome to the third installment of This Ugly House, a reader renovation diary. We’re excited to publish this tale of a hands-on renovation of a wood-frame house in Bed Stuy. The author ...

MILWAUKEE -- The last remaining charred beams inside Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church were taken down Thursday, Jan. 3. This, after a four-alarm fire gutted the historic church on May 15. "You look ...

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