Timber Framers Guild Forums General General Forum Questions Drywall

thanks for the picture of the shed.

I am only suggesting what little i think i know.

how about making it a bent structure...

king post that connects with the tie and principal rafters (a bent on each gabled end

since you want purlins even better to have windbracing. you could run a brace half lapped across the roof surface from the lower purlin to the center of the ridge on each side. (in essence making a triangle that goes from ridge down the roof surface almost to each plate ( you could actually run them to the plates if you know how to find the compound angles for lay-out)

I don't like the rafter to rafter connection in a hurricane region.

not trying to make it complicated, just strong.

yes this would require big screws.

please let me know if my post doesn't make sense.