Shed Gable Roof Framing

A simple gable shed roof is often built using 2 4 or 2 6 lumber for the rafters and 2 4 for the collar ties.

Shed gable roof framing. Unless of course you have a very steep pitch on your trusses or rafters. Gable shed roof framing a gable style is the easiest to build but offers very little storage in the attic. Your local building codes may also require the use of hurricane ties for each truss member where it rests on the top plate. Nail the first boards on top of your wall where you plan to build your roof.

Nail 2 boards onto your walls as top plates. Carry a gable end in and set it on the top plate upside down and backwards near the end wall. The members are held together with a 5 8 inch plywood gusset. Truss detail of shed.

Raise it up horizontally and hold it in place with a 2 4 resting on the floor in the center of the base piece and one at the top center of the truss. Then you will have more storage. Framing most common types of roof gable roof. A gable roof for a shed can be built with rafters with a 1 6 ridge board or using trusses.

Gable shed roof trusses in place with ceiling joists installed trusses are attached to the top plate by using 3 16d common nails toe nailed from the truss end into the top plate 2 on one side and one on the other. When you nail in the second boards offset the seams of the upper and lower layers by at least 24 in 61 cm. 4 the roof framing consists of seven trusses spaced 24 inches on center with each one composed of an 8 foot long ceiling joist and two 50 inch long rafters that meet a 21 inch long truss support.