Hand Stacked Roof

Stacking bundles properly is also key to preventing damage to other components of the roof.

Hand stacked roof.

Calculate the roof pitch. They are easily changed and manipulated later if needed by either changing up the space removing an attic floor to make a more open room or other modeling plans. Framing a roof is the last step in framing new construction. Watch me stumble through framing up the ridge beam and rafters for the roof of the shed.

The number of inches that the roof rises vertically for every foot of roof. So use a tape measure to find the height of the roof above the top wall of the building. To save time most roofers prefer to stack several shingle bundles on the roof before beginning to install them. The pitch of the roof is a ratio.

While most home builders will outsource the construction of roofing trusses the rafter supports of the roof itself learning to frame a roof yourself is one of the true arts of carpentry and a basic primer is covered below. This is a way of measuring the degree of steepness of the roof. You will save little on lumber and all will be good.