How To Sheath A Shed Roof

First cut your rafter boards to size using a circular saw to make sure they fit your roof.

How to sheath a shed roof.

And while seven sixteenth in. Thick osb does a fine job sheathing the walls and roof of a shed it is a bottom of the barrel sheet material for several reasons. The roof s sheathing helps to keep the roof trusses or rafters properly spaced and is the strength that holds. We go in depth on how to install roof sheathing.

Roof sheathing is a lot more than just flat panels onto which shingles are attached. As with plywood osb typically comes in 4 ft. Osb is made of chips of softwood glued together in a semi random pattern. Protect your wood shed from the elements by installing roof shingles.

Starting with how to place the first row of sheathing we cover fastening methods the use of h clips stagg. The term sheathing refers to the wooden material that covers the outside of structural members such as studs rafters and joists. Sheathing strengthens a building s frame. How to correctly install plywood or osb roof sheathing.

To build a shed roof you ll need rafter boards plywood gusset plates plywood sheathing felt roofing paper and shingles.