Raise the Roof

Our shed now has a roof!  A roof structure, that is.  This past weekend, Adam added the framing that will hold up the roof of the shed.  I would call it a roof skeleton.  But that's certainly not the technical term. Allow me to explain how the roof skeleton came to be, in Adam's technical terms.  

The first thing Adam had to do to add this gable roof was to put two cradle supports on both of the side walls of the shed.  One of the cradle supports is featured in the photo below.  It's the thingy that looks like three boards were put together in the bottom center of the photo.  Having a cradle support on each side of the shed gives the ridge beam something to rest on.  The ridge beam is the long board that runs the length of the shed, which happens to be the board running down the center of the photo below.  Once the ridge beam was in place, Adam used rafter joist hangers (those silver thingys) to attach roof joists from the ridge beam to the top of the shed walls.  The roof joists are the pieces of wood running diagonally in the photo below.      

Whew!  Are you still with me?

When Adam's weekend of construction was all said and done, he had the roof skeleton all put up!  

I went with him to Home Depot, our home away from home, to buy more supplies for the next steps in the shed-building process.  I learned all about things like drip edges, shingles and construction adhesive.  I can't wait to see how all those supplies make their way into the shed!     

Follow along with our other shed posts here, here, and here.