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Time to start framing the roof. I did the maths and used the OSB clad nice flat floor (before the walls went up) to draw out the roof pitch and span in 1:1 with a Sharpie, and used this to cut my first rafter. I then cut them all from the first one.
My rafters didn't require any 'birds mouths' because of the eavesless design of the structure the rafters were simply going to terminate on top of the side walls.
Notice how the OSB cladding extended above the top plate of the walls, so that the rafter ends would be fully enclosed.
In this first pic you can see the temporary braces I put up to get the ridge board in place, and you can see that I use offcuts to make the top of these braces pretty well enclosed,so that I could get the big bit of timber up myself without worrying to much about balancing it
In the second pic you can see the first rafters going up. Unused used simple joist hangers turned sideways for the downward end of the rafter, and L brackets the secure the top end of the rafter to the ridge board
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