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shed cladding advice please.
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Looks like a good start.. Is that a first attempt rafter I see lurking behind? This was yet another area where I changed my mind about what to do the night before I actually did the job! I went for a ridge beam design to make it strong whilst keeping plenty of clear interior height.
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ajm":2lph4hts said:
The rafter behind was made from 3 x 2 " but when I ordered the wrong wood 4 x 2 " I decided to make them out of that wood.
Took a while to get them right but worked out well in the end.
I even managed to put some of the cladding on before the weather turned.
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Looking really good... I found a Swanson speed square brilliant for getting the roof right - once you figure out how to use it and decide on a roof pitch it's really easy to mark out the bird's mouth and the angles for either end.
Are you going to use felt on the roof? It doesn't survive long up here and I wanted a really traditional look so went with traditional profile galvanised "corrugated iron" - probably wouldn't suit your summerhouse though!
Looking really good... I found a Swanson speed square brilliant for getting the roof right - once you figure out how to use it and decide on a roof pitch it's really easy to mark out the bird's mouth and the angles for either end.
Are you going to use felt on the roof? It doesn't survive long up here and I wanted a really traditional look so went with traditional profile galvanised "corrugated iron" - probably wouldn't suit your summerhouse though!
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I am using the same floorboards for the roof, then I will be topping that off with cedar shingles.
I still need to make the door and windows.
ajm":1slrb6mk said:
I am using the same floorboards for the roof, then I will be topping that off with cedar shingles.
I still need to make the door and windows.
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Use Rubber for the roof, I don't know the name of the exact stuff but my old man used it on his shed and garage roof after my brother put him on to it when he used it on his eco office. About twice the price of felt, but it lasts nearly 3x as long. Easy to fit too apparently. I used pressure treated tongue and groove cladding on my lean to with a 3x2 frame it's built like the proverbial. The membrane is a good idea and insulating in the cavities with Cellotex will keep it warm in winter and cool in summer.
I used Cellotex in my Garage for my home office and while it's freezing outside it stays quite toasty with just a 1.5k oil filled rad run at 1/2 power, in summer while the garage cooks I open a window and am quite cool. You'll need a layer on the floor too but it will comfortably support quite a bit of weight.
Going to build out the other half of my garage later in the year as an autumn project as I want to keep my disco kit free from damp this winter.
Carl.
videojetman":7v829n6s said:
Use Rubber for the roof, I don't know the name of the exact stuff but my old man used it on his shed and garage roof after my brother put him on to it when he used it on his eco office. About twice the price of felt, but it lasts nearly 3x as long. Easy to fit too apparently. I used pressure treated tongue and groove cladding on my lean to with a 3x2 frame it's built like the proverbial. The membrane is a good idea and insulating in the cavities with Cellotex will keep it warm in winter and cool in summer.
I used Cellotex in my Garage for my home office and while it's freezing outside it stays quite toasty with just a 1.5k oil filled rad run at 1/2 power, in summer while the garage cooks I open a window and am quite cool. You'll need a layer on the floor too but it will comfortably support quite a bit of weight.
Going to build out the other half of my garage later in the year as an autumn project as I want to keep my disco kit free from damp this winter.
Carl.
Looking really smart VJ
I am especially liking your thoughts on using cedar shingles, could be because I am a slater, shingler and coppersmith by trade. Church restoration mainly but back home put up many, many Canadian style barn homes in western red cedar. Lovely to work with but unfortunately these days they don't last anywhere near as long in built up areas due to pollution also quality of cedar too. Lovely and if done properly will never leak. My shed back home when I was a boy was a shed about the size of yours that my dad shingled, walls as well as roof and it never ever had a drop come through, same as all the jobs in my later life. Even when they come to the end of their life they start curling and cracking before they let an water in. Just remember go at least 3 courses before putting a join within 3 or preferably 4 inches of the first one and triple lap.
Look forward to seeing it done.
Jamie
I am especially liking your thoughts on using cedar shingles, could be because I am a slater, shingler and coppersmith by trade. Church restoration mainly but back home put up many, many Canadian style barn homes in western red cedar. Lovely to work with but unfortunately these days they don't last anywhere near as long in built up areas due to pollution also quality of cedar too. Lovely and if done properly will never leak. My shed back home when I was a boy was a shed about the size of yours that my dad shingled, walls as well as roof and it never ever had a drop come through, same as all the jobs in my later life. Even when they come to the end of their life they start curling and cracking before they let an water in. Just remember go at least 3 courses before putting a join within 3 or preferably 4 inches of the first one and triple lap.
Look forward to seeing it done.
Jamie
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