How To Cut Rafters For Shed Roof

For standard shed roof rafter spacing see rafter span chart.

How to cut rafters for shed roof.

Make a birdsmouth notch at the end of each rafter to help it fit into place. Use it to make the proper measurements marks and cuts on each rafter. Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter. From cutting the rafter parts out to building a jig and assembling the rafters.

The fourth step in the how to build a shed series this tutorial teaches you the necessary steps to building roof rafters. Creating a birdsmouth cut is the classic way to prepare a rafter for a hand cut gable or shed roof. To build a shed roof you ll need rafter boards plywood gusset plates plywood sheathing felt roofing paper and shingles. The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof.

The best way to assemble the trusses is to lay each rafter and bottom chord on the ground in the desired shape. They should be long enough to attach over the joints of each rafter edge and the bottom chord you have cut. Because a roof requires many rafters to frame it speeds things along if you use the first rafter as a pattern or template for the other rafters. There is no standard spacing it depends on what size of rafters you want to use and the span of your shed.

In this video you will learn all about common rafters. How to measure or figure rafter length and mark and cut them accurately. A rafter is one side of the rafter assembly. The rafter assembly is made by using an o s b.

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. For instance 2 grade 2x4s at 16 on center will span just over 9.