Today was beautiful - around 40 but no wind. I got most of the rafter tails mounted on the north side, with the 3 foot overhang.

That 2x4 is to keep all the rafters vertical; two of them wanted to twist off to one side. Hopefully tomorrow I can get some of the exuberantly red overhang sheathing put in place. If you look carefully, you can see the hurricane ties holding the rafters down; who knows, maybe we'll be getting a typhoon through here!


Here's the other end of the rafters (2x10's), mounted to the ridge beam. I used hardware for the attachment. Required by code in California, but I don't think anywhere else in the US. But not knowing anything about building structures, I was not inclined to trust the standard two or three 16 penny nails toe-nailed in to hold a rafter in place. My consultant, Mike, looked aghast and recommended returning them to the lumber yard. From what I've read, the rafter hangers are not standard around here, and builders consider them hideously ugly. But, with the shear loads from snow, or a heavy branch dropping on the roof, I'm more comfortable going "earthquake proof."