Framing Shed Roof Rafters

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

Framing shed roof rafters.

The skillion and shed style roofs are framed with a single slope 2 4 or 2 6 or thicker rafters spanning from the low wall to the high wall. Test the rafter assembly by standing it up and lining it up with the edges of the shed floor. Place a nail every three inches along the edges of the gusset. Use 3 nails for each side.

Lower the first rafter truss into place at either the front or back of the shed. Now build the remaining roof rafters using the original rafter template and the jig on the shed floor. Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter. More specifically it is a beam that goes from the peak of your roof down to the eve.

Difference between a rafter and truss. 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. A rafter is the frame of your roof. The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the 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. Install the gussets on both sides of all the rafters except for the gable end rafters. Skillion shed style roof framing. You then have rafters running down from this ridge board and resting on the top wall plates.

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.