Dormer Roof Framing Restarted

Here's the latest pics of the dormer roof framing after I lowered the height 1.75".  So it looks very much the same as yesterday, and you have to take my word for it that it's lower.

Dormer Roof Framing Started

I started framing the dormer roof today.  As I expected, it's proving to be the most difficult part of the roof.  Contrary to what I expected, it's even more difficult than I thought, and could not finish it.  In fact, I have very little to show for my work today.  Plus I discovered that what I built is too tall.  So I have to disassemble a lot of what I built and make it shorter tomorrrow.

"Half Trusses" Are In

I finished cutting the wood and assembling the "half trusses" that support the northeast corner of the roof.  Tomorrow I am taking a day off from work, so I will have time to finally frame the dormer roof, which will be the most complicated part of the roof.  I was hoping to start the dormer today, but I wasn't as productive as I hoped.

More Roof Framing

Today we had to go to a family wedding, so I only had enough time to make some more pieces for the remaining trusses and install the ridge post I show in the second picture below.

Roof Framing Drawing Rev 3

In know it looks virtually the same as yesterday's Rev 2, but I changed the dimensions for the valley rafters.  So if you look carefully at the top two views, you can see the changes.

Roof Framing Drawing Rev 2

I added two pages to my roof framing drawing to document my new dormer framing design.  I'm still not quite happy with how the dormer rafters connect with the valley rafter as shown on the last page.  To help me design the roof faster, I created a CAD model for the whole roof framing, instead of modeling each piece of wood separately and then assembling the pieces.  Tomorrow I think I will make dedicated CAD models of the dormer rafters and valley rafters and assemble them to double check I can cut the wood and assemble the parts as I want.