First trusses installed

Most of the walls are done and the posts are up, so the trusses can be installed.

View of the whole house with the master suite on the left, the main building in the center, and guest house on the right

Back of the master suite. The metal straps are intended to transfer load (from strong wind, for example) from the roof and walls down to the foundation

Side of the master suite

The trusses are carried in one at a time

Then lifted up so the ends hang on the tops of the walls, upside down

Once the truss is on the walls, it can be flipped up by a single person,

moved into place,

and nailed in.