If you re framing a gable roof on a new house or building a shed or even a doghouse with a gable roof you ll need to cut a number of roof rafters.
Framing shed roof rafters.
Install the gussets on both sides of all the rafters except for the gable end rafters.
Fasten the truss by driving 8d finishing nails at an angle down through the board just above the birdsmouth notch and into the underlying wall plate.
Lower the first rafter truss into place at either the front or back of the shed.
Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter.
Place a nail every three inches along the edges of the gusset.
Sometimes the rafter will have a tail and extend out past the wall so that you have a soffit or overhang.
The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof.
A stick framed roof uses 2x4 s or 2x6 s or whatever you are framing with but has a ridge board running down the middle ridge line.
Attach the end rafters to the wall plates of your shed frame.
You then have rafters running down from this ridge board and resting on the top wall plates.
Test the rafter assembly by standing it up and lining it up with the edges of the shed floor.
Now build the remaining roof rafters using the original rafter template and the jig on the shed floor.
Use 3 nails for each side.
If you plan to have eaves to protect the shed walls make sure you add the extra length when measuring the rafters.
A rafter is the frame of your roof.
Difference between a rafter and truss.
It rests on top of your wall framing and when done properly serves to keep your shed walls in place while supporting a roof.