Recent content by WilliamE

Just checking back in. Thanks to all you guys for the comments and suggestions. I'm working on roofing at the moment and it has dawned on me that my biggest problem is one single rafter. Wasn't thinking intelligently when I installed it and I should have watched for the 'bow' and flipped it...

I like your ideas, bczygan. The room is only 16' in length and I should be able to get 2x8x16 here, if not then I can double up 2x6x16. Part of the mission here is going to be building floor to roof shelving around most of the perimeter of the room. I didn't really look at that as a...

Pix always help. Let me try this...

Thanks for all the thoughts guys. Gives me something to mull over. I finished the decking today and now that everything is cinched down its noticeably stouter but I think I will add in some parallel rafters. I guess that what you mean by "sistering". Standing off at a distance I can see the...

Hi folks, newbie here. I'm well underway with my outdoor workshop/shed project and am installing the roof at the moment. Rafters are 2x4 with a 12' span anchored at each end with Simpson H1 hurricane ties 24" OC. We are in a no-snow area, btw. Sloped roof, a tad better than 1:12 Using T1-11...