How To Frame A Shed Roof

You will need to build a number of trusses based on the length of your roof.

How to frame a shed roof.

Attach the end rafters to the wall plates of your shed frame. I didn t want ridges or valleys which are a lot of work and can leak. Fasten the truss by driving 8d finishing nails at an angle down through the board just above the birdsmouth notch and into the underlying wall plate. Lower the first rafter truss into place at either the front or back of the shed.

Notch a birdsmouth where it sits on the low wall and extend it past the wall for the eaves. The high end of the rafter sits on or attaches to a ledger plate attached to the existing wall. Essentially you will be building a series of triangular shaped trusses based on the pitch of your roof. I decided on a slanted roof.

Framing a gambrel roof shed i am building a 8 x 12 shed with 2 x 8 floor frame and gambrel style rafter truss 5 h with ceiling joist that will be overhanging the 8 wall plate 3 building a green shed roof hi john i m constructing a shed 5 metres x 2 8 metres with a sloping roof of 8 degrees high point back to low front. I wanted a simple roof. You then have rafters running down from this ridge board and resting on the top wall plates. I decided to take full advantage of the regulations and build a 10 x 14 shed.

Lean to shed roof framing. Gable this style also known as the peaked gable or the pitched roof is by far the most popular and most ubiquitous. A lean to roof just means it s attached to an existing structure. It has a greater slope.

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. Use 3 nails for each side. It s similar to a shed or lean to roof or a clerestory roof but has one visible difference. Pent this creates a single slanting roof surface and is most commonly used when the shed roof frame is designed to be an addition to the main home rather than a standalone structure.

Sometimes the rafter will have a tail and extend out past the wall so that you have a soffit or overhang.