How To Frame A Roof For A Playhouse

In each of your shingle sheets you want to use four of the roofing nails.

How to frame a roof for a playhouse.

Secure it to the front roof rafters with 4 of the wood screws. This will make your a frame roof secure and sturdy and also creates supports for the metal roof panels you will add in a little bit. Lay your trusses on top of the ridgepole and line up with the markings from step 1. More on this in a second 2.

Since the roof won t really be supporting any weight we kept it very simple. How to build a playhouse roof. Miter these to the correct angle to fit. Make sure you give at least a 1 2 overhang over your plywood.

Secure the rafters to the side walls with a 2 1 2 wood screw. Create the eight rafters made from 2x4 inch boards. Take your 2 x 3 x 8 boards and cut them into 32 support pieces for in between each post of the a frame roof. Build your trusses by screwing the tops of the trusses together using the 2 screws and glue.

Cut the rafter to the correct angle and length using a framing square and a circular saw or a miter saw. Fit the rafters to the playhouse making sure you place them equally spaced. Then repeat with the rafters on the front of the playhouse. Build the rafters out of 2 2 lumber.

The ends of the rafters should be flush with the outsides of the front and back walls matching the trusses built into the gable end walls also highlighted in green above. Drill pilot holes and secure them into place with 2 1 2 screws. Cut the ends of the rafters at the right angles as shown in the diagram. 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.

That s right just grab a sheet of shingles give it a 180 turn and your going to nail right in between the glue strip the black shiny line across the shingle and the chalk line. Measure the ridgeboard the board that will run lengthwise through the center of the triangle shaped roof to 7 11.