How To Roof A Playhouse

Cut the rafter to the correct angle and length using a framing square and a circular saw or a miter saw.

How to roof a playhouse.

The top plates of the walls were kerfed 2x4 s. More on this in a second. Make sure you give at least a 1 2 overhang over your plywood. After many long hours and a sore wrist my jig sawing was done and i got to work framing up the play house section.

Cut the piece of 2 4 left over after cutting the 63 roof ridge so it fits right under the ridge on the front of the playhouse. Add tip ask question comment download. Secure it to the front roof rafters with 4 of the wood screws. Once the wall frames are firmly attached to the floor you can move onto making the roof for the playhouse.

Measure the ridgeboard the board that will run lengthwise through the center of the triangle shaped roof to 7 11. I also decided to paint the window trim and front door in a pale blue along with adding some new flower boxes. Build the rafters out of 2 2 lumber. Drill pilot holes and secure them into place with 2 1 2 screws.

Cut the ends of the rafters at the right angles as shown in the diagram. To do this first create a frame and then cover it with plywood. In each of your shingle sheets you want to use four of the roofing nails. Since the roof won t really be supporting any weight we kept it very simple.

Roofing was super easy and only took a couple hours to complete the entire project. There s probably a thousand different ways we could have built the roof but this is how we did it. That s right just grab a sheet of shingles give it a 180 turn and your going to nail right in between the glue strip the black shiny line across the shingle and the chalk line. The playhouse also has a new home on my newly added flagstone patio more on that later.

Secure the rafters to the side walls with a 2 1 2 wood screw. In this plan we will show you how to put the roof rafters up. I moved the playhouse to the deck and assembled.