How To Build A Timber Roof

To build a roof start by deciding whether you want to put up a flat or pitched roof on your building.

How to build a timber roof. Make sure you use the right size timber battens for your roof tiles do check with your supplier if you are unsure. Build a fink truss to bolster a floor roof or deck. Decking covered with roof guard polyiso rigid insulation strapping to hold it down 8 inch screws followed by 5 8 sheathing cold roof design and. Next measure the area and make calculations so you know how much of your chosen materials to buy.

Fink trusses were originally invented for the purpose of beefing up bridges but many contractors now use them to increase the strength of interior structures. To begin construction install the trusses starting. A gable roof is a simple symmetrical triangular roof. Line up the top of the batten with your chalk line and fix with a nail to every rafter across the length of the roof.

This is part two of the porch build where i am doing the roof. Putting it together is relatively straight forward if you have basic carpentry skills and use precise measurements. In a fink truss the internal joists are arranged in a w shape ensuring even weight distribution from one end to the other. To build your gable roof you ll need wooden boards cut into joists rafters supports and a ridge board in addition to sheathing felt paper and shingles.

I show how i construct it showning in detail how to do the lead flashing.