I would like to open up my kitchen to have a cathedral cieling. The original framing from 1957 is 2 x 4 rafters. The county is specifiying 2 x 10’s (which I never see here in CA so I guess it is 2 x 12’s). How do I deal with the roof pitch where the rafters meet the wall. I am guessing there is no way the whole roof along the whole house can stay the same pitch.
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It is hard to visualize what you want, but my best guess is that you can sister the 2x10's to the 2x4's. You will lose a little space at the exterior but you can keep the existing roof and not disrupt the exterior line of the roof.
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