Framing A Shed Style Roof To A Playhouse

Secure the rafters to the side walls with a 2 1 2 wood screw.

Framing a shed style roof to a playhouse. Secure it to the front roof rafters with 4 of the wood screws. Cut four 2 4 s to 5 5 long for the plate and eight 2 4 s to 5 for the wall studs. The shed style allowed more windows near the high wall roofline which adds a lot of light. If you plan to have eaves to protect the shed walls make sure you add the extra length when measuring the rafters.

Assemble as shown on illustration above nail 3 1 2 nails through the plate and into the wall stud. 39 8 x 8 lean to shed. We ve had this playhouse up through a windy alaska summer and winter through rainstorms and even with lots of snow. This playhouse plan is part of a series of plans.

Slate metal tiles shingle and others. Your free shed plans are available here. Since the playhouse roof is slanted downward from front to back the front wall was at seven feet higher than the back and sides which were all the same height at six feet. Skillion shed style roof framing.

This was built with pressure treated 2x6 s. This design like other types of coatings should be made with the use of wood as the basic material. This simple roof design will take all of the confusion out of rafters. After the shed section was framed i started on the balcony.

You might use a shed roof on a new addition to your home even though the rest of the house has a hip roof or another design for example. Assemble the wall frames as shown on illustration above nail 3 1 2 nails through the wall frame and into the floor. It is taken as a basis for rafters and beams and other necessary elements. Cut the piece of 2 4 left over after cutting the 63 roof ridge so it fits right under the ridge on the front of the playhouse.

I framed in a large picture window on the west side and a smaller higher window on the east side for the loft. On other homes only a section of the structure uses a shed roof. Building this single sloped roof shed was an excellent learning experience. Sometimes the entire roof is a shed style roof.

The greater roof slope sheds snow and water easily too. Preplanning was essential to the build. The coating material for a slanted shed roof can be varied. The skillion and shed style roofs are framed with a single slope 2 4 or 2 6 or thicker rafters spanning from the low wall to the high wall.

Then repeat with the rafters on the front of the playhouse. I don t have many pictures of the base because i was raring to get going.