Roof sheathing is a lot more than just flat panels onto which shingles are attached.
How to sheath a shed roof.
Shingles keep water out in layers.
Roofing felt overlaps the sheathing and shingles overlap the paper.
As with plywood osb typically comes in 4 ft.
The term sheathing refers to the wooden material that covers the outside of structural members such as studs rafters and joists.
Sheathing strengthens a building s frame.
Protect your wood shed from the elements by installing roof shingles.
Each row of shingles overlaps the one below and a full shingle overlaps the joint between the sides of the shingles below it.
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The roof s sheathing helps to keep the roof trusses or rafters properly spaced and is the strength that holds.
First cut your rafter boards to size using a circular saw to make sure they fit your roof.
How to correctly install plywood or osb roof sheathing.
We go in depth on how to install roof sheathing.
To build a shed roof you ll need rafter boards plywood gusset plates plywood sheathing felt roofing paper and shingles.