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There's another bit of 2x4 to go above the flitch beam as well - I could have toed the beams in, but there's a 1m overhang which could catch a breeze.
Where the beams are doubled up, I'm using upside down hangers (as double width truss clips don't exist, apparently), and I've butchered some older single hangers to use as straps where there are joists with limited clearance between them (where they overhang the side walls).
you're making me want to rip mine apart and start again.
Yours looks great, though!
NotThamesWater
Top work TW - you're making me want to rip mine apart and start again.
Would agree that it's not necessary to cut the birds mouths for such a shallow pitch. Had to google truss clip - I hadn't seen them before but they look like a nice way of doing it. I just used 4 x 100mm nails spiked through from both sides of the rafter toe nailed towards the centre but I guess with your top plate having steel in it that's not possible. Oakwood garden rooms use joist hangers upside to hold them down.