Roof for my inventory ~ cheapskate style

Looks great Eric. That bridging will make a world of difference. Stiffens it up nicely too. It amazes me how heavy that trex is. I just made a nugget bin with some short scraps of it.

Im just getting a roof on the shed at storage...two years later!

 

Thanks. I took the day off of work thinking I could do the fascia and all the bridging, but only got the fascia and about two thirds of the bridging done. I lost a couple hours running out to Home Depot for more screws and other miscellaneous errands. I’m going to try to finish the bridging by this weekend. Do you think the OSB will be okay getting rained on a couple times before I get the rolled roofing on? I have a hard time believing I can sheath the roof and get the roofing on in one day.

 

It should be okay. Rough side up. I cant recall if that metric osb had a rough side. The smooth side is surprisingly slippery even when dry. Ask me how i know this. I dont think there was enough osb to finish? I could give that company a call.

PITA trying top install blocking off the rafters or were you standing on the stacks?

 

You gave me a couple extra sheets I’m pretty sure. They might have been damaged but had some good usable sections. I’m going to stagger the layout so they’ll get used. I was standing on the stacks and also the rafters at times. Pain in the butt trying to toenail them in while crouching and pushing hard to drive the screws in. At least I have an impact driver this time, which I picked up recently. Now I need an extra battery for it though. While the battery for the impact was charging I was using my old craftsman 19.2 volt cordless drill to drive the screws. How I did that as SOP for all these years I have no idea

 

Tell me about it. Im not as flexible as you either.

 

We’re probably about the same lol. My bum foot limits my ability to contort myself to get things done. Not so much a problem being a machinist, but I’d never make it as a full time builder

 

I dont like using impact drivers. I still use the drill in slow or fast mode. I have a couple impact drivers. One used for gutter hangers. One is new and for sale. Dewalt 20v The noise drives me nuts after a while.

 

Do you have all the blocking in? Use a long clamp to squeeze rafters together against the block. Frees up one hand. Working alone all the time a clamp is a great helper. Works for free and doesnt ask for the day off.

 

Blocking/bridging complete. Had just enough of a hodge podge mix of 2X4s on hand to do it.

 

Thanks, name sameness

 

So after getting all the bridging in today, I finished installing all the hurricane ties on the rafters on the low side of the roof. Then I added gussets to stabilize the structure front to back. It’s a big improvement and I’m hoping it’ll get even more solid once I sheath the roof. I had just enough steam left to start sheathing then the wind picked up something fierce. No way I’m going to be on top of that today, wrestling sheets of OSB with the wind howling.

 

What, you didn't want to be a human kite??

That sheathing will tighten everything up nice. You sure are gonna like that when you're done!

 

Smart move stopping with the wind. No fun losing sheets in the winds. Been there done that. Actually got blown off a ladder holding a half sheet and walked away from it.

 

There was a slight breeze for most of the day today but I was on a mission. Started this morning in a flannel and ended up in a T-shirt by noon. Gorgeous sunny April day with a high of 50. Perfect for working outside. Sheathing is finished. I had *just* enough OSB to cover the roof. Unfortunately on the last course I was really scraping the bottom of the barrel using the damaged sheets I had. The edge of the low side of the roof will have to get trimmed back about 6”. Basically the overhang on that side will be reduced by half. Not a deal breaker though. All in all a productive day/week in general. I’ll have to install some drip edge before the rolled roofing goes down. I’m in the home stretch at least.


The bad edge that’ll have to get trimmed back, along with the rafter tails.


The leftover scraps I can repurpose in the future.

 

Looks good
That bad edge isn't that bad...once you get drip edge and roofing on there it'll look like a million bucks.... I'd leave as is.
Tack a piece of tin over the hole if you think the roofing needs more support there

 

second that

 

This is bad. I’m not even finished with it yet and I’m already cooking up plans to add a lean-to off the right side next year With the slope of the yard and it being higher on that end, I can get away with it easily. Add a ledger board, a couple posts, beam, rafters, roof, a layer of crushed stone on the floor…. I envision storing my splitter and garden tractor under it. Maybe even some board and batten type walls. Of course the obligatory deer antlers and an old 2 man crosscut saw hanging up would complete my ensemble

 

I like your ensemble

 

Looks great.

Was there enough OSB from what i got for you? Too bad those were metric.