I agree for the most part Tim...yet the pitch on Troleau's proposed structure is really low for I snow load areas...

He wants to add a venting monitor as well, and in my experience those monitors (we are doing one now) changes a great deal of the design away from King and into Queen Post truss systems...Which is more difficult. Just taking and adding a monitor to a King post doesn't work either as the load parameters change somewhat dramatically on lower pitch structures...especially over 24'.

We all agree (I think?) a PE really needs to be part of this build...