That's a beautiful view through the rear. Curious that there has been no apparent work in the floor/ceiling to accommodate the new floor and roof loading. Assuming the ceiling joists are 2x8's typically a second joist or beam would be added in the floor under the new attic walls.
Thanks, it is an amazing pasture view. The sun rises back there so I wanted large windows to overlook it all. This isn't true attic space by definition but rather part of the second floor back side of the house that was just never finished. I call it attic because it sat empty but that's not accurate. The original framers are doing the work and know how the structure was built. Long story short when they were framing our second floor (which hasn't been used until quarantine) the front half was a long bedroom and the back half was left unfinished. We are adding windows to meet egress and call it a bedroom for future resale value. There's another bigger section connected (FROG) that was going to be finished at the same time but we couldn't get the HVAC to work without a $8,000 - $10,000 cost. Putting it off until much later and focusing on this part first. It should be fun.
Funny story, I was the GC when building the house and worked closely with these 4 guys 15 years ago. I somehow got pregnant
at the start of it all so I pleaded and pushed everyone to finish before our son was born. It worked and we moved into the house one week to the day before he was born. The same 4 framers came back today to do this new project.