Picture of what you have now?

Here is what is done so far.

Thank you handymac. I will try to do that.

If your span is only 4' the 2 x 4's should be fine. Add some plywood gussets.

Ksc36, do you think that will add enough strength? I’m concerned about both snow load during the winter (we get a lot of snow) and tree branches falling. Also, we are on the shore of one of Canada’s largest lakes and get very strong winds.

However, this is the first thing I’ve ever built and it would sure be easier to add gussets than figure out, cut and add the pieces needed to make trusses.

Also, I’m concerned that I didn’t use a ridge board. Can I add pieces of 2x4 between the rafters after the fact?

Who is building this???? They need to keep their day job. Buy some Simpsons. Attach the framing to tile he foundation properly. And all the rest of the parts to each other.

Add a 2X4 center "king post" and add the plywood gussets.

Also add a horizontal 2X4 ridge brace between each set of rafters. Add similar bracing between each set of rafters at the top plate of supporting rafters.

What is the spacing of the rafters? What sort of roof sheathing do you plan to use? Stagger the panels and nail for a roof diaphram.

Good luck!

Make it a shower room and the cleansed can sleep inside the house with the other pure at heart.

thanks for the advice and vote of confidence, sophie :) Working hard and fast trying to get this project done before I do go back to my day job.

Virgil carter I will do that. rafters are centered on studs every 24. i was planning on 1/2" plywood for sheathing. is that okay?

ive turned the rafters into trusses as advised earlier and they seem much less like matchsticks waiting to break.

good luck is always welcome - and likely needed.

okay i just realized i added king posts already during the truss making process so just have to add bracing between rafters. also have to figure out what the simpson thingy is - but all that will have to wait for next weekend unfortunately.

Virgil carter I will do that. rafters are centered on studs every 24. i was planning on 1/2" plywood for sheathing. is that okay?

If it was mine, I'd do 5/8" CDX with clips.

hmmm ... just looked up CDX and probably should have used that for the floor as well. ah well, i am living and learning, as they say.

soph, just looked up simpsons and ive actually used those on the rafters already but i will buy more for the rest of the framing and add it where i can after the fact

Structural integrity starts with the foundation. What is yours?

pretty sure im going to get a failing grade on this one, but it is on 10 sunken (not very deep and not very big) cement piles.

You can expect differential settlement and movement with those individual piers. Grade the ground around the building to divert rain water and run off. Do your best to keep rain water from running toward the piers and creating ground heave as the soil saturates and thereafter dries. Do not let standing water occur around the perimeter or under the structure.

That is good advice. We do get lots of frost heave here too. The ground around the bunkhouse is mostly rock hence the shallow piles, but digging a bit of a drainage channel won’t be too hard. We used to get massive run offs in this area as we slope towards the lake but there was a huge ditch dug last year and it’s not so bad now - although a bit hard to tell in a drought year.

On the plus side, I dry fit the windows and they went in perfectly.

Now I’ll just go stress about how I can fix the foundation.