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Well, I did not even come close to following the Kuffel Creek plans for the roof. Instead of erecting the plywood sides, attaching roof spars into notches in the sides, and then attaching the paneling from the inside, I went my own way. I made the roof the same as I did the sides. I laid out the spars or rafters on my work table and then tacked them in place. I framed the rough opening for the roof vent. I spaced the rafters about a foot apart. The edge of the first or front rafter is beveled about 20 ° so that when the roof is wrapped around the sides, the front edge will lay flat to the floor. I used a stringline to make sure my rafters were all lined up straight. I used the same kind of framing material as in the sides. I found a 9"x9" roof vent and so framed the opening for that accordingly. |
The length of the roof is made to be the same as the measured length of the top curved edge of the sides. This came to a little less than ten feet. I cut two sheets of paneling in half, so I now had four pieces of panel material 4'x4'. Paying attention to the orientation of the hardwood grain, I glued and nailed the paneling so the grain was across the width of the roof. A third piece of panel material was cut to fit the remaining part of the roof at the rear, a bit less than two feet. Again, pay particular attention to the glue squeeze-out, cleaning it up carefully. I used the router to cut out the opening for the roof vent. Micky was in charge of the staining and finishing of the roof, the same as she was for the sides. When the roof was done, we set it aside, against the garage wall, to get ready for the next step, putting the linoleum on the floor. |
