Shed Roof Framing Methods

Roof framing rafter layout.

Shed roof framing methods.

You will need to build a number of trusses based on the length of your roof. Standard stick framing or the newer truss framing. Much depends on the structure size and the desired attic loft or headroom. Double check that your roofing felt is straight flush and wrinkle free before stapling it down.

Then measure from the center. Use your shed plans to find the dimensions of the gusset and then mark and cut it out from a piece of o s b. Dig two trenches 16 in. Start by nailing together the perimeter and adding the center stud.

Nail osb or plywood onto the rafters to enclose the roof. A simple gable shed roof is often built using 2 4 or 2 6 lumber for the rafters and 2 4 for the collar ties. A stick framed roof uses 2x4 s or 2x6 s or whatever you are framing with but has a ridge board running down the middle ridge line. Sometimes the rafter will have a tail and extend out past the wall so that you have a soffit or overhang.

Measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark. Place a nail every three inches along the edges of the gusset. Measure form the top of this line down the board to determine the line length or length of the rafter less the ridge. You then have rafters running down from this ridge board and resting on the top wall plates.

Project step by step 21 build the foundation. Assemble the end walls. This will the first point of the rafter measurement line. Deep and 13 ft.

Attach flashing over the. Place the osb or plywood on the top portion of the rafters and make sure that the edges run flush. Nearly all roofs are framed using one of two methods. A gable style roof is considered to be the easiest type of shed roof framing to work with.

Make sure that the gusset does not extend above the top edges of the rafter and then nail the gusset to the rafters using 6d nails. Stick framed roofs utilize individual rafters that span from the top of exterior walls to the ridge. Position the square at the end of the rafter board with the tongue on your left and facing away from you. From one end of the rafter material using a speed square or framing square mark an x in 12 angle on the rafter and cut it.

Nail along the edges of the osb or plywood driving the nails into the rafters every 8 inches 20 cm with 8d common nails. Center the trenches 66 in. Add the length of the overhang beyond this mark and. Start with the top corners of the roof first.

A gable roof for a shed can be built with rafters with a 1 6 ridge board or using trusses.