The metal is 16' 1 3/4" and I have no plan to cut it but I do want to put up a facia board to protect those untreated joist from the elements. This is why I trimmed them all to even length. And I could put up a gutter if desired later.
Be careful if you plan on putting metal facia over pressure-treated ledger board. The chemicals react
I did a metal roof project this past summer, a couple of them. Pain cutting the corrugations with snips, grinder, jig saw. I then found out about the Diablo Metal cutting blade for my circular saw! Worked Awesomely. Clean and straight cuts and less sparking. It was about $30 at the big orange store and worth every penny. So, if ya got cut the roofing I would encourage you to check it out.
The manufacturers claim that cutting/shearing the panels smears galvanizing onto the raw steel of the cut end...I dunno, just what I read...
Got the metal up today. Started rather tough but we got it sorted. My dad and son helped. Dad measured from the opposite side over and marked our start spots( at the top and bottom). Screwed in 3 sheets and I notice the front edge getting wonky fast. I pumped the brakes, hard. Unscrewed them, put up a string line at the drip edge, lined up the edges and proceeded. Got the whole way down the line with great success! Pic may be deceiving but the drip edge is even the entire run. Had to get this up today. Traveling out of state rest of the week and rain is coming. Hoping to flash the garage edge and get two corner covers. Also would like to get the facia board across the joist ends. Right now it’s rum and coke time. I’m feelin it for sure!
So after my adjustment on the first sheet, it left me with a little trimming to do, which I will do with snips. Very easy fix. Had to cut that edge so I didn’t end on a peak at the other side.
Looking good. I would add some knee braces shown in my design. Will help prevent any racking and some snow load. Adding a second ledger board under the first one is good insurance. Before you know it, you'll be adding a lean to to the lean to. We never have enough space right?
I absolutely have plans to add those. And the second ledger will more than likely be added at some time. I've blown the budget to this point, so I have to be thrifty.
So to heed some of the advice I didn’t have before I started this project, I decided today was a good day to get to work. I stripped siding and attached a 2x8 second ledger right below the original. I know this is back woods kinda stuff but I was concerned and didn’t want to worry when the first major snow hit. I really don’t think any amount of snow will make this spot fail now. Moral of the story... THANK YOU for the advice, it is appreciated. Guy at 84 lumber sold me on these instead of traditional lag bolts. Now I need to start thinking about walls.
Looks like it will hold!! Those screws resemble timberlok the shear strength is 2000 # per screw. I would have used timberlok but under cover exterior grade probably overkill..
Nice. Good to review the other builds so I make my shed strong enough. I bought timberlock style to tie the 4x4's together.
I bought some stockade fence, made a door with one 8 ft section cut to size. you could also use them for walls. For now I just have some tarping cut to size and pinned up from the top of the fence to the roof. Looks ok. it is one the side of a detached garage.
