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Again use a professional for this job because it is very dangerous and more skill is needed than most DIYer's jobs around the home.įind your local roofing contractor in the RoofersCoffeeShop® Contractor Directory. It is easy to do a little touching up than paint the whole board later. A barge rafter or flying rafter is then attached. Fastening the overhang to the new barge rafter will be hard and loosening the shingle will have to be done to lift them out-of-the-way to nail the overhang.Īs seen in the upper photo pre-painting the wood prior to installation is a time saver and I highly recommend it. The lookouts sit on the dropped end gable truss which has been designed to be lower than all the other trusses. Nail the new Barge Rafter to the out-riggers.

I would use a Sawzall to cut the nail between the top of the Barge Rafter and the roof deck.

The roof sheathing should have nails into the Barge Rafter every 6 inches. If the rake or edge of the roof has a metal drip edge, you will need to remove it without damaging the shingles. The Barge Rafter is nailed with two nails into each of the out-riggers. To remove a Barge Rafter with the roof still on is a bit tricky. This photo was a total roof removal and access is easy to replace the barge rafter. Do not attempt to do this job, it should be left for a licensed contractor to do. I advise personal safety equipment to be used. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. They will collapse without the support of the Barge Rafter and a nasty fall could occur. Use the out-riggers to support yourself, DO NOT stand on the overhang board. There are normally 2×4 out-riggers about every four feet to nail the new Barge Rafter or what you called the fascia. The lookouts are notched through the end rafter at the top.

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'When you have a peak about 30′ up on the side of a house with a wall all the way up, how do pros install the fascia? Do they use scaffolding or just big ladders? Thank You, Sam.'Īlthough this picture is not thirty feet up, it does show the man on the left positioned the roof reaching over to nail the Barge Rafter to the out-rigger. Lookouts extend from the barge rafter to the first common rafter ( or truss ) inside the wall. Shed roofing is installed, the shed doors are installed and trimmed.Ī perfect storage shed plan, expertly built and beautiful to look at.Do's and don'ts of replacing a barge rafter. It is attached to the outside of the shed and held in place by the roof decking and the 'lookout' boards that go from the fascia back to the shed walls. The Barge Rafter is installed after the siding.

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How to install siding on the shed gable ends is done after the roof is framed. The loft deck is supported by a floor that is framed between the walls. The roof rafter for the shed sit on the top of the shed walls. Wall framing for a large storage shed is the same as wall framing for a home. Make a jig on the floor and then assemble each rafter in the jig so they are all the same. Preferably, after installing the Barge Rafter Sleeve 38, the Barge Rafter Sleeve 38 should be detailed by installing decorative trim molding 34, which may be installed by snap-fitting the integral. This is how to build gambrel shed rafters. With a large floor space and loft area.Ĭheck out these photos to see how to build a gambrel barn shed.

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One way this can be constructed is as a full ladder, with parallel fly rafter and ledger with block framing in between. With this technique, lookout blocks are used to connect the barge or fly rafter back to the gable framing. It provides a huge amount of storage space. The other method commonly used to support the sheathing and the barge rafter is the ladder method. 14x16 Gambrel Shed Plans Built In Idaho Falls, Idahoġ4x16 Gambrel Storage shed.

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