Need some help on a carpentry project.

See, I told you he was a ninja. All the math aside, it is the practical experience of layout that is hard to come by.

 

No I think i understand. Meaning you can slip the siding right up next to or even under the tails a little bit. Nice trick.

 

Just make sure to cut the additional 1/2" to the overhang side of the exterior framing plumb cut line .

The exterior framing line I described earlier is to your 8' size of frame without siding .

Another way to do it would be to double the wall framing top plate . The heel of the birdsmouth in this case is only about 1 1/2" , doubling the top plate would leave you a full 1 1/2" of horizontal backing below the bottom of the rafters to nail the top of your siding .

 

I saw you cut your rafters @ TW Live , if you got any more questions feel free to ask

 

For something small like this you can always draw it out full-size on a sheet of plywood. Also sometimes it's easier to just cut the top angle and birds-mouth then let the eave end run wild. When they're all up you can use a chalk line to snap a line down the length then mark and cut in place. That keeps your eaves nice and straight.

 

gonna watch this

 

What's up OP? would love to see some results...

 

that is a T1-11 siding shed if ive ever seen one. i love that stuff, looks great for these projects . . . . . and i can't help with the smart stuff, i've alway just thrown two 2x4's up at an angle i like, measured the angle of the excess and cut that angle away from the bottom but it sounds like you've got it all figured out . . . . sub'd for updated pics though.

 

As seen in the below pics I did make some progress this weekend. I didn't get a whole lot of time to work on it because of Father's Day stuff. I am traveling this week for work, but next weekend I am wide open and plan on completing the roof. Here is my progress this weekend. I have my rafter template done, and I got the ridge up. Hauling that 13' 2x6 around is not easy. I will update my progress next weekend.

 

I made a bat in shop class eons ago.

 

Ok OZ this is for you, I had a little DOH! Moment yesterday when you asked if I was going to use rafter ties. Well I forgot them. I was so happy that I finally got the ridge and the rafters done it totally slipped my mind. Well I got them on this morning along with hurricane ties. This bad boy isn't going anywhere. It's funny because yesterday I was up on the roof screwing down the plywood on one side and my wife was nervous as heck the way it was leaning. I am no small dude either at 6'6 220. That sum bitch could have collapsed with me on the roof. Rafter ties sure-helped tie it together. I used 7 within 12 feet. I skipped one in the middle so I could easily slide long things up in the rafters. I got all the osb on the ceiling, drip moldings, and tar paper. Shingles are in the back of the truck, I will probably ride around with them for a couple days because I am too beat to haul them down to the back yard. I worked for probably 12 hours this weekend, and I am dog tired. It was only 90 with 90% humidity today! Thank god it is all shade.

Well on with some progress pics.

 

I think I will put a ridge support on the end just for good measure.

 

Congrats

Looks great

A 2x4 stud under the ridge on either end would be good , also you should put a double 2x4 or 2x6 header over the door .

Good job

 

are you making that thing hurricane proof

 

Thanks, I definitely will do something over the door, just haven't figured out my door design yet. I saw these four angle brackets to make a door today at Depot, it think I might go that route, not sure yet.

 

Tornado proof, as I live in Kansas! Got to protect Dorthy and Toto!

 

looks great jeff!. . . geometrically i don't think you "need" to have supports on the ends, but ive never seen one without them, so . . . your call i guess, i'd have them though.

figured out what your doing for siding yet? i still vote for T1-11.

EDIT: oz says to do it . . . . . do it. lol.

 

The end studs also provide nailing for gable siding .

FWIW Bluto is correct , they should not bear much weight , the collar tie / ceiling joists act as tension members for the rafters , not allowing them to spread , and this in turn keeps the ridge from coming down .

 

Hey thanks, I think I will just for grins, we get a lot of snow here sometimes so it would be worth it. It is under a spot where about three huge trees come together as well. I also foot to leave out that I crashed off the ladder today trying to hike up a piece of that osb it just about killed me, as the osb crashed on my back after I fell. Not a sole saw me but my leg sure feels it. I am hobbling the next couple days.

 

Looks good. That is more than I would have done. I'm a truss guy so I would have slapped some trusses up and called it a day. If I sticked the roof I'm too impatient to cut the birdsmouths so I would have ripped a beveled top plate and just toenailed the rafters.