Thanks for the reply! That solution sounds reasonable to me and what I was thinking we'd do. We'll review with our architect guy when we review the plans.
Thanks again.
We have a Cape Cod style house and we will be adding a shed dormer to the back of the house. The dormer back wall will be built on top of the first floor back wall (for load bearing purposes). Our current roof pitch is 12/12, which means the current floor joists are angled at the ends to match...