Search results

So I realized why I was originally trying to do it on the other side of the truss. These trusses were built flush, and I tied in rafter tails for my soffit eaves. The tied in tails are on the other side of the truss. But the ties just barely hit them. So I think I can loosen the rafter tails...

Yeah, the juice just isn't worth the squeeze right now to drop 200 on a specialty nailer. And I can get a palm nailer from HF for 20 bucks. As long as it gets through this job, I don't even care if it craps out.

Any advice or pics of how you did the gable/end trusses with straps?

Yeah, looks awesome. But man, who knows when I would need something like this again. So the juice isn't really worth the squeeze for me. I've already got framing gun, finish, brad, so I can't see myself spending 200 bucks for this when I dunno when I would need it again, ya know? But maybe one...

Palm nailer is a great call. I was already dreading hand nailing them all. Thanks for the heads up.

Thanks, y’all. Massive brain fart on my part. Thanks for indulging me.

Am I being an idiot? I went to put up my hurricane ties in my shed and as you can see in the attached pic, they don’t “fit.” The bottom part that nails to the double top plate is too long. Help my ignorant self please. Also, while I’m asking, I assume I don’t have to do hurricane ties on the...

This is a great idea! I felt like it needed something otherwise it would look weird. And you can’t even see the back side so id only need one on the front. Is that a specific product or did you use a normal vent and it’s just non functioning?

Good points. Yep, doing 8’ ridge vent and vents in the soffit eaves.

Thanks! Since I’d ultimately like to do at least the final cuts with a router and trim bit with a guide bearing (as I cut out my windows), could I frame in the box with 2x4s on the inside of the gable truss and then cut it out with the router using the 2x4 box frame as the guide?

I’m driving myself crazy trying to figure this out so I must be missing something. Trying to figure out how to build the box for my gable vents on my gable end trusses. I haven’t gotten the vents so I can do any size I want (open to suggestions). Shed is 12x20, 20’ sides are the gable ends, 6/12...

That’s what I like to hear! What would you recommend?

Oh yeah, definitely am doing that. Sorry if I wasn’t clear. I was just asking about what to prime/seal the fascia boards with.

I'll be finishing up the roof underlayment this weekend on my 12x20 shed (6/12 roof) and then it's on to shingling, which I'm a little anxious about as I've never shingling before and in my research there seems to be 400 different ways of skinning that cat. I already have the ridge vent cut out...

Crane?! My friend, no cranes involved in this build. I built the first one on the ground and hoisted it up...and almost killed myself and/or the dogs. So I resorted to building these in place. Got em done though. Wasn't too bad once I got in the groove.

Thanks, Skiff. I think I'm getting it figured out. I just get bogged down and lose time trying to get stuff perfect. But I keep reminding myself these are structural and don't have to be perfect. As long as my final fascia board miters are tight, it'll cover up anything I didn't get perfect.

I've learned throughout this project that framing nomenclature can be a bit regional or colloquial. I've heard rake ladders, soffit ladders, gable overhangs, and on and on.

12x20 shed (gable ends are 20’ wide), 6/12 roof. Driving myself crazy putting in the rake ladders. Engineered trusses, couldn’t notch them. So I’m just tying in 12” ladders (we also have zero snow load here). When I decked them roof I overhung the OSB to account for the ladders and I’m tacking...

Probably. But I’m sure in the end there will be a lot of “should haves” on this build. But I didn’t want to do aluminum anyway. Appreciate the suggestion though.

Thanks. That’s kind of what I was thinking as well.