Your comment on code is well taken and I think you have done a lot of good looking work to save that old house. A beautiful setting BTW!
My comment was not code related, I guess, I just remember talking to a fireman who said it is close to impossible to extinguish a blaze in the rafters without tearing up the tin roof. I imagine by that time the house is toast anyway. I like the look of that roof of yours, but you will have to get used to the racket that even a light rain will give. With those spaces and layers of asphalt shingles, it probably won't be too loud. There is sometimes a soothing sound to hear rain!.
I tore the top off a 1-1/2 story bungalow and built a complete second story for my growing family, reinsulated, rewired, replumbed, built my own 24 foot span rafters, worked off 40 extension ladders fitting plywood soffits, etc. Took better part of 35 years and the family had flown, but it was a way to stay out of taverns!
Again, you did a nice looking job on that old house. Leo
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