Flat Roof Shed Construction

Roofing can seem a little overwhelming.

Flat roof shed construction.

Preplanning was essential to the build. If you re building your own roof trusses the handiest place to assemble them is right on the shed floor. Level the ground if necessary and install deck piers along a grid to support the shed. A skillion roof is made up of a single flat plane which slopes gradually from top to bottom.

Then use the chalk lines as a guide for cutting the truss patterns and assembling the trusses. The metal roof installation will be shown in a future video. Significantly cheaper to build than a gable or multi slope roof since there s less material in the roof. Building this single sloped roof shed was an excellent learning experience.

The best method is to snap chalk lines on the shed floor to outline the truss parts. The major difference between the warm flat roof and the cold flat roof has to do with the air flow between the roofing timbers known as joists that help to hold up the roof. The piers will allow you to string support beams beneath the floor of the shed. In the warm flat roof construction there is insulation packed into every possible space where air can flow.

In the example design the piers are spaced 6 feet 1 8 m apart in one direction and 4 feet 1 2 m apart in the other for a total grid area of 12 x 8 feet. Of course you don t need to live in a modern house to deal with a flat roof. Justdoityourself lovingit perfecteverytime subscr. This step by step woodworking project is about 10 12 roof plans this is the part 2 of the 10 12 flat roof shed where i show you how to build the 3 degree sloped roof.

Skillion roofs are one of the simplest roof styles used in shed building. Flat roofs aren t architecturally logical as rain and snow will shed much more quickly off a sloped roof. Basically a slanted roof style is a flat roof tilted high up at one edge to create a very steep slope. Join us to learn a simple proven system that anyone can build.

Saltbox roofs look like skillion roofs but with an extra short slope opposite the long angled plane like an upside down check mark. Yet for historic modern style buildings like this old house s cambridge tv project flat roofs are at the core of the architecture meant to reflect the broad horizontal lines of the natural landscape. This is a key point because with a pre made or flat pack shed you can never be sure that the lumber being used is of good quality or even if it came from sustainable sources if that s important to you. Welcome to part 4 of our shed build showing the roof framing sheathing and papering.