The soffit, facia, and ceiling grid were assembled on ground level, and lifted in one piece. Here it is in place:
![](http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/photoplog/images/104/medium/1_tower_construction_047.jpg)
The "easy" half of the roof framing complete:
![](http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/photoplog/images/104/medium/1_tower_construction_049.jpg)
A side view:
![](http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/photoplog/images/104/medium/1_tower_construction_050.jpg)
Adding to the already non-trivial nature of building a hip roof, is the fact that there is an off center hole for the chimney. The chimney needs two inches of clearance to the combustible frame. The side of the masonry is meant to go up on the center line of the tower, so the central framing pair needs to be two inches offset. Yikes. Just to keep it interesting, i decided that the hip roof needed to incorporate an ogee curve.
Here i'm framing out the hole for the chimney:
![](http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/photoplog/images/104/medium/1_tower_construction_053.jpg)
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