Sometimes it pays to call a professional... So our plan calls for a porch to go the whole length of the long wall of the cabin, with the roof of the main part just extending out over the porch. This would be what they call an Appalachian style cabin. So we originally planned to build the roof with individual 2x12" rafters and a giant ridge beam going down the center of the cabin. The porch roof would just be tacked on after the main roof was up. Once we started figuring out that the upper part of the roof where we would have to attach these huge boards would be about 30 in the air with nothing below, the thought of installing all those boards lost some of the appeal. So that's when we called the truss designers and changed our plan to use manufactured trusses.
The design we're using is a "vaulted parallel chord" truss, with the porch roof section cantilevered over the left wall. It can be installed without supporting the porch roof part. And, it will leave the main area of the cabin completely wide open, while giving the maximum amount of space in the loft for bunkbeds, etc. I'm pretty sure we would not have come up with this design on our own.
Very Nice! It pays to pay a professional! Are you going to go up and help put the roof on or take photos of it being installed? Those will be some money shots! Cranes are the bomb. Getting more excited every day!
ReplyDeleteThat would be great, but they might be doing it while we are gone. It depends on when the carpenters can get it done...
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