How to build a wooden frame for a felted apex roof to put over my leaking concrete flat roof showing 1 11 of 11 messages.
How to build a wooden apex roof.
Providing that the sides of your wood are parallel you should have a straight line marked on both ends of your arch.
Line up wall plate against existing joists and make a mark on the wall plate in line with the centre of the joists.
When building an apex roof there are many things you should take into account.
Hoist the trusses onto the roof.
Starting at the bottom of the roof the tiles are laid overlapping each other by roughly 150 mm.
Building installing roof rafters.
However this construction has proven itself.
First the individual roof beams are placed in previously arranged notches on the upper edge of the standing wall parts.
Wooden shingles 30 year life expectancy have a layer of underlay on the bottom and are fixed to battens.
Use ladders or scaffolding if you are building the roof onto a building that is still a frame.
Place a spare piece of wood on the floor right in front of one end of the arch.
To complete this step the wall frames of the building must already be level plumb and square.
Drill holes at these marks to allow a 6 nail to be driven through the wall plate into the joists.
Joists lifted a inch or so above the existing roof firing pieces attached to.
Lay a thick layer of cement on existing brick work then place the wall plate on this and get a good level.
How to build a shed roof step by step.
There are several ways to attach a roof.
This is repeated until the ridge is reached and ridge capping is used at the very top of the roof.