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Originally Posted by JSV798
As someone who has built garages I would double up on the bolts holding the ends of your repositioned rafters and add another rafter above and put two bolts in each end of those too. Then I would add an upright in the centre (short piece of timber) to the apex of the roof. And I would remove those cut off pieces of wood - in fact use those for your uprights in the centre.
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Alternatively, I would look up some examples of roof truss design. You should be able to use those cut pieces to add strength. Typically, you would add these pieces, which at the moment are doing nothing, as v-shaped pieces between the rafters and your cross piece
Roy