Making A Pitched Roof

Lay a framing square flat.

Making a pitched roof.

Firstly you need to get ahold of all the requirements of a roof deck on your pitched roof from the permit. Now you have to cut four 2 6 lumbers to 1 foot length for the sill plates which would act as supporting bases. Firstly each rafter should be placed on the front and rear wall plates making sure it is pushed up tight against the rear wall. Step 5 add.

Step 4 install roof rafters. Mark a vertical line parallel with the wall in blue on the rafter and then cut along this line. I show how i construct it showning in detail how to do the lead flashing. After you decide to build a pitched roof you can layout and cut a rafter pattern.

How to build a pitch roof. This is part two of the porch build where i am doing the roof. Step 1 layout the pattern rafter.