Over the master bedroom, they use log rafters for the roof. The rafters are planed flat on the top to create an even surface for securing the roofing material. Short logs are wedged between them to fill the open spaces where they cross the wall logs. The addition of gable dormers and shed dormers make the roof framing quite complicated. Gable dormers have peaked roofs framed by a log ridge and purlins.
Shed dormers have flat roofs that rest on the angled logs of the front and sidewalls.
The very last log of our shell was the ridge log which finished off the very peak of the roof. Our Log Cabin Video is available in the Hometime Store .