We, as builders and designers, have learned a lot over the years about proper construction techniques. This home, built long before I was building, had roof rafters that were too small and too weak. Our winter snow finally took its toll and the roof was sagging and failing badly. The solution was to completely remove the old roof framing and build a new engineered truss roof. The house now has the same charm of the old house but with modern construction and engineering will stand up to whatever snow Mother Nature can dish out. We enjoy remodeling projects on old houses like this every now and then and are glad we could help these people!