Building: A "friggebod" that will be used exactly as a shed. Uninsulated.
Problem: When the framework was erected, we saw how tall it becomes.
Width is 255 cm. Gable roof.
Roof beams would be 45x95 (purchased) with collar ties resting on the wall plate.
Roof pitch either 15° or 8°.
Eaves 30 cm.
Tongue and groove boards and Bitumen roofing
Low bargeboards.
Question
Is there any method to lower the outer roof that actually makes sense?
I'm considering bevel cutting the roof beams so they end at the outer edge of the wall plate and then screwing on "brackets" as an extension of the beams. I'll make the brackets from thicker timbers. I gain about 10 cm in height, and the brackets should "only" support the eaves.
I realize I need to reinforce the roof beams, for example by extending the collar tie down to the bottom edge of the wall plate (45 mm) on the three trusses that are not supported by walls.
Opinions or other suggestions?
Problem: When the framework was erected, we saw how tall it becomes.
Width is 255 cm. Gable roof.
Roof beams would be 45x95 (purchased) with collar ties resting on the wall plate.
Roof pitch either 15° or 8°.
Eaves 30 cm.
Tongue and groove boards and Bitumen roofing
Low bargeboards.
Question
Is there any method to lower the outer roof that actually makes sense?
I'm considering bevel cutting the roof beams so they end at the outer edge of the wall plate and then screwing on "brackets" as an extension of the beams. I'll make the brackets from thicker timbers. I gain about 10 cm in height, and the brackets should "only" support the eaves.
I realize I need to reinforce the roof beams, for example by extending the collar tie down to the bottom edge of the wall plate (45 mm) on the three trusses that are not supported by walls.
Opinions or other suggestions?
We already have four different roof angles on the house/attached spaces, so I was thinking of reusing one of them.
Right now I'm leaning (ha) towards 15° and then somehow lowering it, although I'm wavering. If it has to be 15°, I even have to lower it to meet the 3 m limit. I discovered this morning when I built the first chair and realized I had calculated incorrectly.
Right now I'm leaning (ha) towards 15° and then somehow lowering it, although I'm wavering. If it has to be 15°, I even have to lower it to meet the 3 m limit. I discovered this morning when I built the first chair and realized I had calculated incorrectly.
Haven't you considered raising the ground around instead if the roof angle is important? Ground permission is unlikely to be required if you raise it a few dm, I'm thinking a layer of coarse gravel around the shed.Z z_bumbi said:
