Higher pitch will reduce outward thrust - but in your design you'll be transferring outward down onto that tenon you drew - which will put it into shear. So you'd likely need some sort of bearing from the p rafters to tie, be sure your tenon is wide enough to handle shearing, and also that the area of the tie over the post can also handle shearing (likely).


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