Roof sheathing is a lot more than just flat panels onto which shingles are attached.
How to sheath a shed roof.
Each row of shingles overlaps the one below and a full shingle overlaps the joint between the sides of the shingles below it.
The term sheathing refers to the wooden material that covers the outside of structural members such as studs rafters and joists.
First cut your rafter boards to size using a circular saw to make sure they fit your roof.
The roof s sheathing helps to keep the roof trusses or rafters properly spaced and is the strength that holds.
Protect your wood shed from the elements by installing roof shingles.
Sheathing strengthens a building s frame.
Starting with how to place the first row of sheathing we cover fastening methods the use of h clips stagg.
Roofing felt overlaps the sheathing and shingles overlap the paper.
Shingles keep water out in layers.
As with plywood osb typically comes in 4 ft.
To build a shed roof you ll need rafter boards plywood gusset plates plywood sheathing felt roofing paper and shingles.
Osb is made of chips of softwood glued together in a semi random pattern.
We go in depth on how to install roof sheathing.