Thanks for your interest in the metaphysics of timberframing. What you find on the web page is a way of doing all wooden joinery dormers, not the official Guild-sanctioned way (there is none). Dormer framing styles vary by size, region, species, designer, and of course, client. Most timberframers are prepared to go to some lengths to achieve all-wood joinery in their complex roof work. Clearly a dormer would be much simpler to fabricate and install if it were, say, made on the ground of structural foam-core panels, and hoisted into place after trim and painting. If simplicity were the only criteria, we'd all be building pole barns.

Clients, and owner-builders, and timberframers need to find the balence point between the competing interests of time, money and quality. Let me know how I can help.