Week 13: December 14 - 20

Week 13! All of our rafters are in place and this picture doesn't make it terribly clear, but I am cutting the facia for each rafter. On the rafter immediately behind me, you can see the facia marking. This is the line I am cutting along.

And here I am working on some more gable end studs. Exactly the same process as the one we practiced on our mock-ups. 

Cutting more facia. A better picture.

In this picture you can see the plumb bob we've hung from the ridge board. The distance from the end of the ridge board to the plumb bob, and the distance from the outside of the floor framing to the plumb bob should be the same measurement. If they're not, then the roof is out of square, and must be racked accordingly. Our roof ended up being racked to the left about a 1/16".

A picture of our fully sheathed shed. The gable end studs were finished, so we were able to throw sheathing up over them.

In the picture above, we've secured some scrap sheathing to the plumb end of our rafters. This will stay in place while we build our ladders for the sides of the shed. The ladders will go right up and under the extended sheathing on the roof, giving more support. The sheathing anchored to the end of the rafters lets us have something to butt the ladder up against while testing our dry fits.

A picture showing the ridge vent on top of the roof. I was up there cutting the excess sheathing off after the ladders were secured in place. The vent allows gases and moisture to escape. While we predominately want the building to be sealed up tight, there still needs to be some ventilation capabilities built into the framework itself.

And finally a picture showing the completed ladders up in place on the left and right side of the shed. The roof is now fully supported. The ladders were built using the same pitch as the roof (as it needs to be flushed up against it.) The boards on the inside and outside measured 7/8", and the total width of the ladder setup was not to exceed 7 3/4". Therefor our blocking down the center was cut to 5 1/2". This is where we will leave things over break. Back for more on the 20th of January! Merry Christmas  :)