The Roof

Overview

The roof keeps the bird in, and the elements out. My roof will be approximately 10 x 20 feet. It will be 9 feet in the front, and sloping to 8 feet in the back.

Materials Used

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Tools Used

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Design Blueprint

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Procedure

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Picture 1 Here are the tools used to notch the rafters. I used a drill to make a pilot hole for the jigsaw in the corner of the notch.	Picture 2 All the rafters are in place. Note the one foot wall entension in the upper right of the picture.
Picture 3 A skylight will go here. Note the double headers at the top and bottom of the opening (left and right in the picture). The extra 2x6 on the sides provide a nailing surface for the skylight's flange. The opening for the skylight is 22.5 inches.	Picture 4 The rafters are in place and ready for the roof decking.
Picture 5 The sheating, all 6.25 4x8 foot sheets of oriented strand, are affixed to the tops of the rafters. I put 1x6 trim board on the front of the rafter ends. Note the gutter apron (drip edge) along the top of the sheathing edge. This will hopefully keep any water from seeping onto the wood rafters.	Picture 6 Tar paper covers all of the roof. It still needs to be trimmed around the edges. I will trim it after the asphalt shingles are up.
Picture 7 Finally, all the shingles are up. They still need to be trimmed, though.	Picture 8 It's obvious I will never get a job as a roofer, but it should be good enough to keep the water out. Here's the skylight from the top.
Picture 9 Here's the completed skylight as seen from the inside, minus any internal "finishing" I may do. Note the rain drops. The rain came only minutes before I was finishing up the final shingles on the roof! The dark area in the skylight are tree branches.

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