101 - How to build Shed DIY Back Yard Storage part 3 Building a Roof, Trusses
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
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Includes complete materials list and cut list, with all angles and math done for you! Plus these designs maximize material use, giving you the most amount of shed for the least amount of money.
This is a complete video series detailing exactly how to build a shed from beginning to end. It is presented so that even someone with little to no experience can tackle this project. The instruction teaches the IBC (International Building Code) rules that almost every jurisdiction in the United States follows, so you will be prepared if you need a permit. But in many cases a permit isn’t required for a shed under a certain size.
This project takes only basic tools to accomplish. If you have a circular saw, a drill, a level & a hammer, along with some basic hand tools, you can do this.
There are things that will make it quicker of course, such as a nailgun & compressor. But you can decide what level of tools are needed.
I’ve broken the video into digestible parts. This makes it easier to refer back to a specific section. Or, if you only happen to need instruction in one area, this will save you time, since you can just watch what you need.
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This is the first time I have ever used high school math for triangles and it felt useful! Have to admit it made me smile. But more importantly, thank you for making such thorough videos. Just awesome!!!!
Wow, I have never seen a video as comprehensive as this series on how to build a shed. Your explanation of how to do the math is outstanding. I teach a a local university and your teaching skills are exemplary. Please, please, keep up the work you are doing. Thank you for sharing.
Dude, these videos are incredible! I sucked at math in high school (well, school in general) but I had no problem understanding your examples. Well spoken, well shot, well edited and easy to follow instructions. Simply put, well done sir!
Thank you. You are very kind!
Same here 👍🏻
This is awesome thanks
Hello, I am in the process of building my 10x16 shed following your plans. I have this question: What grade lumber did you use on this project?
Awesome series
I like how you were very descriptive about the measurements. These are the measurements I’ve been trying to look for and certain formulas. All I’ve been doing is eyeballing and dry, fitting and cutting.
About to start our 12'x16' shed next week, I watched what feels 100 shed construction videos. Your series is the best, the attention to detail and how you explain things is top notch. Great job to you and your family.
Totally agree 👍very well done indeed .
Plan to do a 12x16 in a few weeks myself. Agree that this is super helpful
I'm building a backyard office/guest house and the explanation in this video on how to build rafters/trusses with the necessary math is the best I have seen on UA-cam. Bravo!!!!
This is by far the best tutorial for the DIY beginner! Love it! Thank you! I can't wait to watch the rest in this series!
This may be the best video I’ve seen on the math used in building. I wish you were my math teacher . You made it so easy and it’s great that your kids are a part of this.
This is an impressive tutorial. There's nothing left out; the student learns everything he/she needs to know. You are a very intuitive teacher.
This is the best shed building series EVER! Thank you. I feel like I owe someone some money after watching these videos.
You’re a natural born TEACHER! ❤️
Hi Allen, thank you! As it turns out, that was my day job. I did woodworking to pay my way through college. And for the last ten years I’ve been teaching organic chemistry at the university level.
How much do you spend on this project ?
@@KingsFineWoodworking whatever the subject, keep teaching. The world needs more teachers like you. Maybe do some videos for The Kahn Academy and other online learning channels.
I've seen a number of shed building series videos on UA-cam and this is by far the most comprehensive and easy to follow. Well done!
Hi Matt, thank you!
Matt Nagy I concur with your assessment.
KFW Great video but you said that C is 69.5 but then once you measured you made a mark at 69.75. I know it’s just a quarter of an inch but I was wondering the reasoning for that?
This was great, I have been researching "how to build rafters for a 12x12 shed" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Beybigail Nonpareil Breakthrough - (search on google ) ? It is a great one of a kind product for discovering how to create better sheds and improve your woodworking minus the normal expense. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my colleague got excellent success with it.
@@williamcaruso6239 I came here to find the answer for the same thing. I think it might’ve been for the siding🤷🏻♂️
When you calculated the rafter length (hypotenuse), you used 60” as the B side dimension of the triangle (half the span). When you assembled the trusses, you added an extra 1/2” piece on each side to simulate the siding thickness, making the total span 10’-1”, not 10’. Unless your shed deck width is 9’-11” and not 10’, the B side dimension used in your rafter length calculation should have been 60-1/2”, not 60”.
This is a super valuable video. Geometry was my favorite subject in 10th grade, but I'm a bit rusty after 23 years, so this was a great refresher and will make it much easier for me to build my shed. Thanks!
Thank you!
I am so grateful for you posting these videos. I have built my walls on my shed and now have come to the point where it's time to build my trusses. I was looking for a way to build my trusses to give me maximum headroom but still be strong enough to handle a significant snow load as I can't access my shed during the winter months. In my part of the world I can expect about 4 feet of snow. I decided I would install a tin roof so that the snow might slide off the roof in the spring. I originally planned a 4/12 pitch but having seen your 7/12 pitch I can see the advantage which hopefully will cause the snow to slide off. Even if the snow doesn't slide off I am more confident that the runoff in the spring will keep the extra weight from the water to minimize the extra weight
I have to say you are excellent at teaching. You are smart, organized, speak at a good pace, patient, a good speaker and very kind for sharing your knowledge. Thank you.
Man this was a masterclass. I won't look at my speed square the same again, thanks so much!
It is wonderful to see your daughter is learning a trade that will last a lifetime even if they choose another occupation. They know they can always go back to it if they need to.
I have learned a lot this old lady is learning new things:)
Your instructions on on how to cut and calculate the rafters and birdsmouth is BEST EXPLANATION I HAVE EVER SEEN, GREAT JOB SIR
I’m gonna build my first 8 x12 shed. I have been watching quite a bit of UA-cam of how to build one. So far you are the best. You’re a great teacher
Thank you. That’s very kind.
I taught carpentry at a vocational school and the algebra would have scared them to death. I taught every method from stepping off a foot of run at a time stepped off five times on your example shed.
Second method was the unit length method from the framing square and finally Pythagorean method. We made it fun and they were amazed when I could give them the length of the rafter in a few seconds. Strong motivation for the more advanced but always a simpler method for the less educated in math.
The most simple method of all would be to lay out the rafters directly on the floor and make allowances for the ridge and siding thickness
This was GREAT !!! Excellent idea to build these before the walls are on and building the template in place...........I am totally going to do this for my shed. I would not have thought of that. Thanks .....Also.......I love the puppy.
Outstanding! When I built my shed, & made birdmouths, I winged it, (basically measured a 22° slope for it)tested it on my base floor, & then marked a center line on my shed floor, used that as my mark for the stud rafter cut (used a sliding angle for the ends)& measured down for the birdsmouth cut & then added 6” for the eave.
This is pretty neatly explained!
Great videos, I love how you narrate them!
Just wanted to say great video and well paced review of basic frame building construction principles. Further impressed with investing your time in spending it with your girls and teaching them these skills. My hats off to you, good man, good dad. The world could use more like you.
You are very kind. Thank you.
Very good video
I’m thinking of building a shed
But didn’t know where and how to start until now
Thanks again
Pitch is simply a slope defined as number of inches of rise for every 12 inches of run. As in 3/12 pitch is 3 inches of rise for every 12 inches of run. Slope and pitch are one and the same just expressed in different units.
This is easily the best video I've seen on building the shed rafters. You made the math and transferring the calculations to cutting the lumber very easy to follow. Thank you.
I finally have a use for algebra and geometry 🎉 As a self taught woodworker, ive been swagging the math. It always works but now I understand how to get there faster
I appreciate how you teach those of us that have no idea how to do this, how to do this. You put it in the most simplest form that I can absolutely understand and that is huge so thank you very much for taking the time to do that.
You are very welcome.
Thank you for such a kind note.
James
Thank you so much for this video. My daughter has been teaching me this I had went to school and had learning disabilities going to school so never learned more than just basic math. Shame to say but that's the way it was. And have built hundreds of things over my 50 Years of Living. And you've explained this so simple to me that I finally get it after 50 years. Thank you so much for this video! My daughter said Daddy will we ever going to use this math for. I'm going to send you this video she's 14 thank you so much.
This video makes me want to go outside rip down my old shad and make a new one...and you better know I will. Thanks for your videos will buy your plans. You are extremely detail ❤❤
Best tutorial I have ever seen period! Thank you
I'm building a high end pottery shed for a new client. I've never built a roof on my own since I've usually been the carpenter's helper. So his video helped me out immensely, thank you!!
I agree with others commenting here. Your video is, hands down, the best learning experience as I have been trying to learn how to build the roof on my new shed. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain it so clearly.
Thank you. That’s very kind of you to say.
Awesome channel, love that you have your kids building the shed. This shows those adults That thought it would be to hard or need to over pay for a shed You can do it yourself of course with your plans and detailed videos
I really can’t figure out why you don’t have more subscribers with content like this. You should be at 1M +
Some newbies are getting here just now. 🙂😎
Thank you for all the information the best part is you and your daughter's working together that's priceless
The best roof calculations explanation I've ever seen! Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge.
best shed build on youtube
Thank you. You’re very kind.
i enjoy seeing how all your family work so well together
Hi Andrew, thank you!
Watched your video - Helped so much better than other videos on building Trusses - Were building a large chicken coop and were down to the truss - after 2 wonky cut boards, your video explained what we were doing wrong with our 5/12 slope - thumbs up and subscribed.
One of the best videos on slope and picth. I appreciate the math part. I've always had trouble with that part.
This was the piece that I was missing in how to build a shed! Thanks!!!!!!!
Hi Dan! Thanks for watching!
Easily the best video on building rafters. Easy to follow instructions. Your attention to detail in explaining the process was A++. Many blessings to you and family for generously sharing your knowledge. 🙏
Thank you. You’re very kind
This is the best video of how to determine the dimensions of the rafters, bird's mouth, etc that I've seen on UA-cam. Great job and excellent graphics. Thank you for such a terrific explanation!
Sir, you have a knack for teaching. Some of the techniques and geometry finally hit home in my brain after all these years with many thanks to you.
You know your math! Thanks for the excellent video. I just made some rafters for my 4/12 roof but I added a 2X4 for a ridge member but I wish I would have seen this before as now I need to add a filter for the 1 1/2" thickness of the ridge member so that the plywood will come to a peak. Your daughters do great work too.
Fascinating stuff. Really enjoyed this episode. Thank goodness for speed squares :) The Rocks made me smile. I was part of a crew that built a 26Km road, At the end of the day, the 'Pet' would be brought to the end of the road. We could see how much dirt we had moved on that day :)
Hi Peter! Speed squares certainly are powerful little tools. I’m going to make a video showing just how many functions they really have.
Great tutorial. Very clear information, even for someone who hates algebra. Going to watch this a few more times. Thanks!
Thank you for showing people to finish an inside cut with the jigsaw.
Over-cutting with the circular saw is such lazy and shoddy work.
Your rafter layout explanation is the best I've ever seen!
This vid saved my bacon! I bought a set of plans for my 4x6 generator shed and the dimensions for the rafters were wrong! I'm a total nube at this stuff so of course, I didn't discover that until I had cut and notched all the rafters, so that was eight 2x4s down the drain. Turns out I could have got all the rafter bits out of four 2x4s. Thanks for the vid. I learned a lot!
Thanks for the math to determine the pitch and slope. I have often seen it done the way you created the form on the floor base and the measurements done right there to determine length and birdsmouth. 45 degree cut where they two thrusts meet. It's good to get the math behind it. Thanks for the share.
For years I've always wondered how they built these and your explanation is very easy to understand.
Thanks so much for the upload...Cheers 😎
This video is awesome! Thanks so much for the detailed build of the trusses and the techniques of building them on the floor. Excellent video! Thanks to all of your family too for working hard in helping others! 😊🤩🥰
Glad you liked it!
Supremely well done, as usual, James! It is a true joy to watch you perform as a great teacher, taking care to ensure that the information imparted is crystal clear and in a form that is of great value to your students! It is also a joy to watch your ladies perform their magic. High fives all around --- oh, and I send greetings from the birthplace of Elvis Presley. I'm sure his father could have used your instruction when he built the shotgun house in which Elvis and his parents lived. You're welcome to come and visit the birthplace whenever it's possible. I'll give you a personal tour here in Tupelo, MS.
And, I notice that you teach at the university, as well. Another similarity here. I began my teaching career as a junior high Industrial Arts teacher. After 8 years, I was recruited to become Principal of a 6th-7th grade middle school. Then, I was recruited to join the faculty at Mississippi State University where I led the Instructional Technology program and developed the graduate program in Instructional Tech. I really miss my years in the classroom. Been retired for 19 years, but working as much as ever--writing books, public speaking, consulting, and the main job of just "fiddling around" in my garage shop. :-) Oh, and watching UA-cam videos!
Appreciate the efficient and concise way of showing this. Thankfully I'm doing a 10x16 so it was even easier... Thank you!
This video has made me realize I need to go back to school 😂
Facts
For real 😂😂
that's the problem with maths, only any years later you realize how useful they are :-)
Ran away
You ain't lying
This video is amazing. I am horrible at math but the way you explained made total sense. You’re a great teacher.
Ok. I am super creative but also mathematical inclined. You just solved my shed issue. Thank you!!
BEST description of making roof rafters!!! GREAT job!
You guys are amazing..Thankyou so much..very much appreciated..
Best explanation for how to make a rafter that I have found on the internet. Only think I would add is if you're using a ridge board you need to subtract the ridge board thickness from the length of the rafter.
most guys i work with can build a shed with a sqaure and tape measure. no one talks much, its just all in thier heads, but i do respect a person with an education, bravo !
Wow terrific build and your children helping too!
Hi Matthew! I am very fortunate that they like it!
I’m actually building a 10 x 9 she’s as we speak and my walls are already up with floor and top plates. This video is clutch. I think I’ll use the exact same technique to build my trusses. Thank you for the effort and for aharing
I've watched a lot of roof truss videos and, providing you have the time and a notepad to write notes, this is the best video that I've seen. Adding the moment for screenshots,...that's brilliant. Good work, thank you.
James thank you for giving the correct definition of pitch. I have had some heated on line arguments with people who define pitch and slope as being synonymous. I was very disappointed one time while watching “This Old House” where Tommy Silva was teaching some apprentices about rafter layout. He said the rafter had a 8 in 12 pitch.
I was taught wrong. I still catch myself saying pitch instead of slope. I've always believed it important to become a student of my job. So I would learn what ever I could about the job I had so I would be knowledgeable and could do it better. That got a lot easier with the internet. When I was framing I told the crew we were saying it wrong, and went on to explain the difference between slope and pitch. I was ridiculed and laughed at for a long time. I'm still in construction, however I'm a PM and they're still pounding nails, but I'm still learning every day.
They're the same thing just expressed in different ways. Granted people usually do use pitch when they mean slope so that could be confusing to someone if they use the number correct to the word.
Oddly enough the Construction Master Pro calculator lists pitch and slope as each other so it would say the above shed roof would have a 4" pitch instead of a 4" slope. Offhand I don't know the fraction by the pitch would be .33 pitch and a 4" slope. Carpenters would use the word pitch but use the number for slope so it is VERY commonly done that way.
Very helpful information and put in plain English as possible you are my go to channel for building sheds and other things 👍🏿thank you
Like how you used the floor to build the rafters, and make a guide for the rest to be made. Nice video. Clear and easy...
Making my first shed roof. This will help immensely. Thanks for sharing...
I am watching in order and while the other two were really good, this particular one rocked. Math, it’s always nice when someone else does it for you. 🤭🤷♀️👊😊
thank you so much for posting this video. It helps me a lot as a DIYer. God bless you and your whole family.
You have made what I thought was super complicated, easy to understand. Thanks for the instruction.
I have watched a number of videos and WoW, you really make this so so sooooo simple. Thank you, thank you very much !!!!
You are the best !
Much appreciated. Can't put my thanks into words.
Great team work from amazing family!
Thank you
Thank you. You are very kind.
@@KingsFineWoodworking
I'm building 8 by 12 shed right now following your methods. Hopefully will get it right.
I'm having troubles from the start . My back yard ground is very sloop and uneven !
Money is short! So I'm doing my best from the get go .
My guy. Thank you sooo much. You have no idea how much you helped me out. I’ve leaned so much. !!
By far the most informative and detailed video on HOW to build a roof! Great job!!
this was outstanding finally understanding the rafter length and birdsmouth placement...terrific
Great series of videos showing everything that is required to build a complete shed
Hi Peter! Thank you!
Thank you!!! First time the slope thing has finally made sense to me!
Fantastic explanation. I am not speaking English and I understood it perfectly. Thank for you clarity from Spain, Sir.
Im so glad i found these videos. You do an awesome job teaching and explaining every step.
I have always wanted to learn how to build a shed for home use. I appreciate how it was explained and the steps that were taken to explain how these trusses are built. Thank you very much for sharing this info.....
I viewed many rafters videos, this is the best one in explaining and artwork.
Came to see a shed build, get algebra and Pythagorean theorem. Sneaky...very sneaky. Still enjoyed the build...and yes, I noticed the pet rock right away.
Man James, I watched this to early on a Monday morning and I'm still picking up the pieces of my head. Lol!! Thanks for sharing it was a great tutorial on roof design. Y'all take care of all those pets!!
Hi David 😁👍🏻. Thank you for watching!!
awesome way to train your girls and give them confidence~ thx for simple and clear explanations
The colored pencils are a difference maker. Very easy to visually see what is going on. Well done!
Very useful video for us, the amateurs,thanks a lot !!!😊
Awesome! Thank you, can't wait on video 3, watching it next...
Great job explaining the math process! keep up the good work : )
Hi John! Thank you!
Thank you every much on the trusses calculation. This will help me alot! You have explained very well! Thank you again!
Good explanation of the maths and a great vid. You really are a superb communicator. The maths took me back to maths class in junior school !!
Thank you! And thanks for watching & commenting!
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Thank you very much for making this video. I sometimes do some small projects and look online to learn and improve my knowledge. Honestly, this program was the most accurate and perfect video I've ever seen. I really appreciate your explanation. God bless you and your family.
Thank you for such a kind message!
I always - ALWAYS - learn something watching your videos, James.
Thank you, Paul!
Who else just decided to go with a 7/12? Great video
Amen
Very Good explanation of Pythagorean theorem, and using a speed square (probably the best I've seen). I however, cut my rafters using degrees on my 12" miter saw, it would be 30.5 degrees for a 7/12 pitch.
With all the shed vids on you tube, I was over analyzing and left confused and exhausted.
I have 30 years masonry experience but not sure about framing and what might collapse etc.
Great video. I'm building 10 x 12 shed with gable ...now with 7/12 slope and on a concrete slab with J bolts.
I have hurricane ties etc. I live in Maine. I'm going to watch this whole series and feel confident and will check you out on Facebook .... Thanks
,This Is The Best Video On Cutting A Roof I Have Ever Seen ,I Have Learned So Much ,Thank You Sir
You are very kind. Thank you!
Thank you so much for making this easy to understand. I cant tell you how many videos I have watched to try and figure out how to make that bird mouth cut.