In Part 2 of Building the BEST house possible, we start by framing walls and finish installing the roof trusses. The reason I believe this is an awesome way to frame a house, is how easily two people ...

The house features a hip roof, a symmetrical 3-bay front façade ... but also has two later additions – an enclosed frame porch on the southwest wall, and a small red brick room on the northeast wall ...

The geometric patterns of the metal trusses frame views of the village that help you understand why this location was so strategically important for early settlers. From midspan, the vista encompasses ...

From the very first "white board" meeting with Dave Schuff and Larry Griffis where we spitballed ideas for best ways to build, all the way thru a major roof resign and location change following ...