Playhouse Roof Rafters

Fit the rafters to the playhouse making sure you place them equally spaced.

Playhouse roof rafters.

Smooth the edges with attention for a professional result. I knew when i was planning out this project that i wanted a roof that was going to look good but also be durable and water tight. But if there had been don t stop me now would have rattled it. This playhouse plan is part of a series of plans.

Since our playset is 72 inches wide each rafter will go over 36 inches and since we are using an 8 12 roof pitch it will go up 24 inches. Drill pilot holes and secure them into place with 2 1 2 screws. There wasn t a roof to rattle. The first step of the project is to build the rafters for the playhouse.

We ve had this playhouse up through a windy alaska summer and winter through rainstorms and even with lots of snow. As you can easily notice in the diagram you need to make a birdsmouth cut to the base of the rafters. Mark the cut lines on the beams and then get the job done with a saw. The next step of how to build a slanted shed roof should be the roof covering on a wooden decking.

This simple roof design will take all of the confusion out of rafters. Covering a slanted roof. If you are really confused right now read this page and see if it makes a little more sense. When we left off on the playhouse build yesterday we had the deck built the frame of the playhouse done and we were moving up to the roof.

For its manufacturing use bars 50 50 and fix them across rafters. Leave no gaps between the components. The rafters should sit right on top of the wood paneling on the outside of the back wall. Cut the piece of 2 4 left over after cutting the 63 roof ridge so it fits right under the ridge on the front of the playhouse.

A variety of roof materials give a great fantasy flight. Secure the rafters to the side walls with a 2 1 2 wood screw. Roof rafters beams wall framing headers roof and floor sheathing material grade thickness and nailing wood in contact with concrete or masonry must be pressure treated shear walls conforming to the conventional construction guidelines see p. On top of these layers stack a lathing.