How To Roof A Playhouse

Since the roof won t really be supporting any weight we kept it very simple.

How to roof a playhouse.

Measure the ridgeboard the board that will run lengthwise through the center of the triangle shaped roof to 7 11. Secure it to the front roof rafters with 4 of the wood screws. How to build a playhouse roof. Add tip ask question comment download.

Fit the rafters to the playhouse making sure you place them equally spaced. Secure the rafters to the side walls with a 2 1 2 wood screw. Roofing was super easy and only took a couple hours to complete the entire project. I moved the playhouse to the deck and assembled.

Cut the rafter to the correct angle and length using a framing square and a circular saw or a miter saw. Then repeat with the rafters on the front of the playhouse. Cut the ends of the rafters at the right angles as shown in the diagram. The top plates of the walls were kerfed 2x4 s.

Build the rafters out of 2 2 lumber. Make sure you give at least a 1 2 overhang over your plywood. The playhouse also has a new home on my newly added flagstone patio more on that later. 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.

Once the wall frames are firmly attached to the floor you can move onto making the roof for the playhouse. More on this in a second. I also decided to paint the window trim and front door in a pale blue along with adding some new flower boxes. To do this first create a frame and then cover it with 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. In this plan we will show you how to put the roof rafters up. In each of your shingle sheets you want to use four of the roofing nails.