Hand Stacked Roof

While most home builders will outsource the construction of roofing trusses the rafter supports of the roof itself learning to frame a roof yourself is one of the true arts of carpentry and a basic primer is covered below.

Hand stacked roof.

Watch me stumble through framing up the ridge beam and rafters for the roof of the shed. Stacking bundles properly is also key to preventing damage to other components of the roof. You will save little on lumber and all will be good. This is a way of measuring the degree of steepness of the roof.

To save time most roofers prefer to stack several shingle bundles on the roof before beginning to install them. They are easily changed and manipulated later if needed by either changing up the space removing an attic floor to make a more open room or other modeling plans. So use a tape measure to find the height of the roof above the top wall of the building. Hand stack roofs in snow load areas go with a 19 2 layout and follow your span spec s for 75lbs a s f.

Calculate the roof pitch. The stick framed roof process allows more space underneath the roof either for an elegant look with a cathedral style ceiling or for storage space in an attic. The number of inches that the roof rises vertically for every foot of roof.