How To Build Gable Roof Trusses For A Shed

You can easily adjust the slope of the roof to suit your needs.

How to build gable roof trusses for a shed.

This style of shed roof is one of the most common and can be utilized for building playhouses garden sheds utility sheds and more. Even if you don t know how to build a truss any diyer with confidence can construct a simple roof truss for a shed. Determine your shed roof pitch. If you re planning on building a gable roof with a pitch of 4 12 for a shed that s 200 inches 510 cm wide your rafter boards would need to be 105 3 inches 267 cm long on each side.

Don t forget to cut the ends of each board to the appropriate angle to allow them to fit together at the peak. The gable shed has a roof like a house so the roof trusses will have a peak in the middle. A gable shed roof is the easiest to build and depending on the pitch of the roof will provide you with some storage space in the attic area. Fit the trusses to the top of the garden shed place the trusses equally spaced every 24 on center.

Building a 8 8 garden shed. Again for the sake of simplicity we ll be building a truss for a gable roof. The truss sides will be equal in length and width to fit equally on the shed walls. This step by step woodworking project is about 8 12 gable shed roof plans plans.

In addition to the lean to shed there is a gable shed roof. This roof is more complex because of the two different angles with the roof. A gable roof is your typical two sided roof that meets at a point in the middle. Building a gable roof for a 8 8 shed.

This is the part 2 of the 8 12 garden shed project where i show you how to build the gable roof.