Rafter Roof Shed

If you re framing a gable roof on a new house or building a shed or even a doghouse with a gable roof you ll need to cut a number of roof rafters.

Rafter roof shed.

Make a birdsmouth notch at the end of each rafter to help it fit into place. Shed roof a shed roof slopes in one direction only. Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter. Easy rafters is designed to calculate shed roofs that are framed to a ledger board nailed against a vertical wall not freestanding shed roofs supported by walls at both ends.

The roof on this shed is a 4 in 12 slope which makes it a 18 and one half degree angle on the board ends. There could be many rafters supporting a roof. Sometimes the rafter will have a tail and extend out past the wall so that you have a soffit or overhang. A pair of rafters is called a couple.

The ridge end of the rafter and often the eve end will need to be cut to the angle of the roof slope. To build a shed roof you ll need rafter boards plywood gusset plates plywood sheathing felt roofing paper and shingles. Should i use 2 4 or 2 6 rafters for shed roof. You should use 2 4 rafters if you live in an area without heavy snow or wind loads.

First cut your rafter boards to size using a circular saw to make sure they fit your roof. 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. For most shed owners this is more than enough span for our backyard sheds. Rafter is a sloping beam usually wood that supports a pitched roof.

A rafter or speed square will have marks for both of these angles. If your project had a rafter length of 8 or less a safe and strong method is to use 2x8 framed 16 on center. The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof. Lean to rafters then connect to a ledger board against a wall of another shed or house.

You then have rafters running down from this ridge board and resting on the top wall plates. As a general rule roofs that have a high human occupancy rate should be framed with rafters every 16 structures such as sheds or barns can be frames with rafters every 24 again make sure to consult local codes.