Framing Shed Roof Rafters

Place a nail every three inches along the edges of the gusset.

Framing shed roof rafters.

More specifically it is a beam that goes from the peak of your roof down to the eve. A rafter is the frame of your roof. Difference between a rafter and truss. You then have rafters running down from this ridge board and resting on the top wall plates.

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. Sometimes the rafter will have a tail and extend out past the wall so that you have a soffit or overhang. If you plan to have eaves to protect the shed walls make sure you add the extra length when measuring the rafters. Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter.

Attach the end rafters to the wall plates of your shed frame. Use 3 nails for each side. The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof. 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.

Now build the remaining roof rafters using the original rafter template and the jig on the shed floor. Skillion shed style roof framing. 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. Lower the first rafter truss into place at either the front or back of the shed.

Test the rafter assembly by standing it up and lining it up with the edges of the shed floor.