Slant Roof Framing

The coating material for a slanted shed roof can be varied.

Slant roof framing. It has a greater slope. I wanted a simple roof. The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle. Welcome to part 4 of our shed build showing the roof framing sheathing and papering.

The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle. And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse. It must be clearly equals to thirty five degrees. The metal roof installation will be shown in a future video.

Once your walls are uneven you can build a slanted roof to fit. It s similar to a shed or lean to roof or a clerestory roof but has one visible difference. The run or half the building span is the base of the triangle. However you can also frame the roof so that one side of the frame is bigger than the other sides giving the slant.

I decided on a slanted roof. At the same time the folded roof may vary in the slant from eighteen degrees. If both walls are the same height you can either raise one by adding plates to it or you can build a frame for the wall separately and then install this on top of the wall. Slate metal tiles shingle and others.

If you want to make a slanted shed roof then you will need to frame the roof properly so that it is completely supported one method of achieving the slant in your roof is to have one of the walls higher than the other. I didn t want ridges or valleys which are a lot of work and can leak.