You don’t understand how many videos I’ve had to wade through to find something like this. This is the simplest to understand and it’s given me the know-how and confidence to continue my cat enclosure project. Thank you so much for the video.
Best explaintion ive seen of how to make a rafter bird mouth. Ive seen so many that required calculating angles without telling you how and giving so much useless info. This was short and sweet and made my project so much easier already
Hi Isabel, Thanks for you comment. Yeah it is quick and easy on a small roof however on a larger roof those who understand the angles and required calculations would find that quicker and easier that having to access the roof on order to do the scribing.
Smartest video ever about cutting rafters in UA-cam, others are too much calculation, too much talk, video angle show not clearly, seem to showing smart when they lecture.... So on, thanks Sir
Hi Mate, thanks for you comment, please be aware that this will only work in specific cases and sometimes you need the complicted methods to get the required results, it depends on the roof
Ah hhh. Did not imagine a birdy cut at the top as well as at the bottom. This is the most simplistic approach I’ve viewed so far. Thanks nice delivery.
Keepin' it simple! Like another commenter said- this is the easiest explanation I've seen. Most are showing how to use a speed square which is seems harder to understand as a novice. Thanks for dumbin it down!
Hi Mate, thanks for your comment, this is a simple method for a simple roof, not all of them are this simple so this process wont work in all situations
I was thinking this technique would work but had trouble finding a video to confirm it. Thanks for a perfectly simple explanation to measure birdmouths.
This is great and SO useful. I was intimidated by this aspect of my project but not anymore. You have made it simple for this DIYer. Thanks so much and keep them coming!
I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR MAKING MY LIFE EASIER. I am at this step now and I was a little nervous. So far everything is going 98% good and error free as far as I can see but I was stuck right here
Perfect explanation, so concise and easy. Thank you! So many videos out there that make this seem far more complicated than it is. I used this method on the first board then used that board as the template for the others.
Brilliant thank you!!!! I've spent weeks trying to watch videos of people with calculators and maths formulas that looked more like they were trying to put a space station in orbit around the moon. I knew there had to be an easier way.
Hi Mate, thanks for you comment, please be aware that this will only work in specific cases and sometimes you need the rocket science, it depends on the roof.
Thank you I'm building a lean-to storage shed soon, and this is certainly the easiest method I've come across. Other videos use a contractors square and are too complicated to follow.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. This was just what I was looking for. An easier way to figure out the birds mouth without having to use math, angles, etc.
Omg, thank you so much for that quick, easy and simple explanation, been trying to finish a shed roof for 2 days now and and was closed to giving up until I bumped into your video. You're the best
I totally agree with Skyrocketcoast. After all as long as the cut is plumb and level then thats the important part. I'd rather not have to deal with angles and 4/12 theorums etc. Thank you for this video
I have framed entire houses 5 of them, yet never realized until my garden shed project that i have never framed a single pitch roof before that didnt terminate into a wall? My brain went blank! Thank you for this, I was way over thinking this project 😂
You made my life so easy with these videos. I am building to slanted roofs and this was perfect and so so easy to follow. Thank you... wish i could post pictures. I have built a backyard bar before but myself and my handy friend had no problems.
Awesome Awesome Awesome I need to do this to my cat enclosure so that way when it rains it stops the roof from leaking at the moment the roof is flat so glad i found this video
Hi Mate, just be aware that this is for a very particular circumstance and will not work in every situation. Sometimes the maths is the best way to do it.
Hi Mate, thanks for your comment. This example is for a very specific situation and is not always quicker or easier in other situations like a pitched roof. As such, sorry, I don't have a video along those lines.
I am a newbie to this. do you Attach beams with the shingles and everything in place, or do you have to take everything up? Also how is this shingled so it looks seamless. Thank you so much, you have made a video that makes a dream come true for me
Brilliant. This guy really does explain things in plain english at the nitty gritty level. Buildsum please keep all your items on the site. Have you considered making a wikipedia entry for birdsmouth joints-- none of the other sites which come up on google etc search is a patch on yours. One Q, in your diagram lower level b/m has its vertical cut outside the wallplate but top vertical cut is inside-- could you make both verticals inside so that bottom vertical presses against inside of wallplate and the top presses against the top horizontal beam. Equally could the top vertical be cut outside the top beam or even both inside or both outside cuts? Would this affect your basic description or the structural soundness of the end fixing? Ever thought of doing video on replacing/installing wooden windows in brick walls using simple techniques and dealing with practical problems eg drilling into brick to screw window frame to wall where wall crumbles so won't hold wallplug, use of strongarm etc to hold brickwork up when you cut out hole for new window/doorframe where adjustable[acrow] prop won't lie flat against wall because of welded square foot on bottom of tube,how much brickwork can you leave unsupported and for how long as you play with new frame to allow for not square original old wall opening or fitting metric new in place of imperial old.Most instructions just assume rolls royce materials and perfect situations. By the way when fitting rafters what's wrong with laying up two rafters side by side bolted at top to pivot forming an x shape with very short arms above the pivot and the near full length rafter below pivot back down to wallplate and then cutting to adjust to take top horizontal beam either above or below the apex pivot point. Is this structurally unsound ie because rafters are not completely opposite each other just touching side by side. If it's ok it should remove hassle of getting wood cuts perfect before erection+ Keep up your good work-
Hi Mate, the maximum overhang is usually stated in the Span Tables, at least here in Australia it is, there is no stipulation on whether that is for one end or both however I would envisage that having an overhang on both ends would be better than just having an overhang on one end as they would tend to balance each other out. As a general rule the cantilever distance is generally 1/3 the length of the beam or in other words you need to have twice the length of the cantilever supported ensuring that you don't exceed the max allowable span of the rafter.
Hi1 have you deleted your excellent video on birds mouths which I watched some time ago?- I can't find it now2 did you ever get round to covering making hole in brick wall/removing wood window frame from brick wall, where single skin and no lintel in place and replacing--ie how to ensure top of hole doesn't fall in whilst your shaping up /fitting new frame given that old window holes are never square [bits of brick stick out and in and were just packed out with lime mortar 100 years ago to square up hole to frame] but new window frames are square so you need work time to get things right on site[ eg trimming new frame to fit past projecting bits of brick]working only from outside of wall [no access to inside of wall except by leaning through. UK has strong boy tool on scaffold tube but that requires additional holes in brickwork making new weak points
+coral brown Hi Coral 1. I haven't deleted any videos is this the one you were referring to ua-cam.com/video/xAuQdQ78mrI/v-deo.html 2. In short, No, sorry
I think another way ..is to place your rafter on the side edge high and low side of the roof top plate..then trace it with marker or pencil....then cut the traced out wood ..check fit...if rafters fit correctly ....then trace the same cut out on the other rafters.
Thanks...I will approach my build the tracing way, I will get them all traced out, cut, screwed and nailed in.....I have sons...but they are lazy as heck....they love to eat food, and sleep under my roof..lol....its not a rush build..wont mind too much going it alone..Thanks again.
Excellent video once again thank you. For trimming the ends of the rafters so they are plumb, would you do that on the ground? And if so how do you then determine the angle? I mean I know how to do the math, but if you're scribing, how does that help you find the angle of the two end cuts?
Hi Uri While you are scribing the birdsmouths the plumb bevel at the back of the birdsmouth will be the same angle as the plumb bevel for the ends of the rafters. The only problem with cutting them on the ground is then having to install them exactly straight so your fascia remains straight, this will depend on how straight your top plate is. If you are using Metal Fascia this won't be a problem as the brackets are adjustable however if you are using timber Fascia I would install the rafters first then use a string or chalk line to get the rafters tails cut off in line. Hope this helps
Hi Lawrence, you could however this would tend to redirect the forces that are acting on the wall so it would tend to want to be pushed over rather than the forces pushing straight down.
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You don’t understand how many videos I’ve had to wade through to find something like this. This is the simplest to understand and it’s given me the know-how and confidence to continue my cat enclosure project. Thank you so much for the video.
Hi Mate, thanks for your comment,I'm glad that it helped.
So far you're the only person who's managed to explain this in a way it can be understood.
Thanks Mate, glad to hear that it worked for you
By far the simplest explanation I’ve seen yet for doing this. Thanks for putting this together.
Thanks Mate Glad you like it.
Best explaintion ive seen of how to make a rafter bird mouth. Ive seen so many that required calculating angles without telling you how and giving so much useless info.
This was short and sweet and made my project so much easier already
Hi Isabel, Thanks for you comment. Yeah it is quick and easy on a small roof however on a larger roof those who understand the angles and required calculations would find that quicker and easier that having to access the roof on order to do the scribing.
Smartest video ever about cutting rafters in UA-cam, others are too much calculation, too much talk, video angle show not clearly, seem to showing smart when they lecture.... So on, thanks Sir
Thanks Mate, Glad you like it, hope it helps
This is by far the best and most simple video of how to do this !!!
Thanks, Mate, I'm glad you like it.
Agree
My goodness you make this so simple on something people trying to make extremely complicated thank you🔥🔥🔥🔥👌🏿
Hi Mate, thanks for you comment, please be aware that this will only work in specific cases and sometimes you need the complicted methods to get the required results, it depends on the roof
Ah hhh. Did not imagine a birdy cut at the top as well as at the bottom. This is the most simplistic approach I’ve viewed so far. Thanks nice delivery.
Thanks, Dave, glad you like it.
Finally someone with an easy and excellent idea without doing math, calculus, physics and chemistry. Thank you
Thanks for your comment mate, I'm glad you like it.
Keepin' it simple! Like another commenter said- this is the easiest explanation I've seen. Most are showing how to use a speed square which is seems harder to understand as a novice. Thanks for dumbin it down!
Hi Mate, thanks for your comment, this is a simple method for a simple roof, not all of them are this simple so this process wont work in all situations
Amazing to know this can be done with a scribe and not only a complicated equation . Easiest method I have seen
Thanks Teegan
I was thinking this technique would work but had trouble finding a video to confirm it. Thanks for a perfectly simple explanation to measure birdmouths.
Thanks Mate, I'm glad it helped!
This is great and SO useful. I was intimidated by this aspect of my project but not anymore. You have made it simple for this DIYer.
Thanks so much and keep them coming!
Thanks Jeff, I'm glad it was helpful!
I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR MAKING MY LIFE EASIER. I am at this step now and I was a little nervous. So far everything is going 98% good and error free as far as I can see but I was stuck right here
Hi Kelvin, thanks for your comment great to hear that the video is helping.
Perfect explanation, so concise and easy. Thank you! So many videos out there that make this seem far more complicated than it is. I used this method on the first board then used that board as the template for the others.
Thanks mate, glad to hear that it helped.
Wow this is such an easy way to do it. Best and most simple explanation i have ever seen. Great job!!!
Thanks David, Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. Your method is so easy! Finally, a technique that anyone can use!
Thanks Steve, It's great to hear that you like it.
Brilliant thank you!!!! I've spent weeks trying to watch videos of people with calculators and maths formulas that looked more like they were trying to put a space station in orbit around the moon. I knew there had to be an easier way.
Hi Mate, thanks for you comment, please be aware that this will only work in specific cases and sometimes you need the rocket science, it depends on the roof.
Thank you I'm building a lean-to storage shed soon, and this is certainly the easiest method I've come across. Other videos use a contractors square and are too complicated to follow.
Thanks, Mate, Glad you like it
This is the best video I've seen on cutting roof joist
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. This was just what I was looking for. An easier way to figure out the birds mouth without having to use math, angles, etc.
Thanks Mate, Glad it helped!
Hi yep that's the one-- excellent. The only plain speaking description I've ever seen. Many thanks
Been on here for hours looking how to frame a pent roof, great video, simple and straight forward, can go ahead with my shed now, cheers.
Hi Mate, great to hear that it helps.
Omg, thank you so much for that quick, easy and simple explanation, been trying to finish a shed roof for 2 days now and and was closed to giving up until I bumped into your video. You're the best
Hi Sophia, thanks for your comment, hope you can get that shed roof on now.
Thank you. I'm about to work on it today 🙂
This is the best video on scribing rafters ever!!!
Thanks mate, glad you like it
Brilliantly explained in a few minutes, many thanks
Thanks Nick, Glad it was helpful!
I totally agree with Skyrocketcoast. After all as long as the cut is plumb and level then thats the important part. I'd rather not have to deal with angles and 4/12 theorums etc. Thank you for this video
+Adam Turnbull Thanks Adam
I have framed entire houses 5 of them, yet never realized until my garden shed project that i have never framed a single pitch roof before that didnt terminate into a wall? My brain went blank! Thank you for this, I was way over thinking this project 😂
Brilliant! That’s the best explanation I’ve ever seen. I’m not saying mine will turn out right but I’ve got a better chance of succeeding. Thank you.
Thanks Colin, I hope all goes well.
Quick, clear and to the point. Perfect thanks.
Thanks, James.
K.I.S.S. Thanks for making my project a pleasant one...and the chickens appreciate their new roof!
Thanks Jane good to hear.
Thanks! Same as everyone else says…..easy to follow and confidence-building video!
Thanks Mate,Glad it was helpful!
Awesome I have seen so many videos very hard to understand but you nailed it
Thanks Mate, Glad you liked it!
Brilliant and so easy to follow , took a while to find it but we’ll worth the search many thanks 🙏
Thanks Mate
back with an update! shed complete, wish I knew how to post picture. I am proud of my skillion method rafters! ha-ha thanks again!
+C G J II (Cav) Congratulations Good to hear
Thanks buddy...you took the confusion out of cutting birdmouths. I could see it clearly.
Thanks Jerry, Glad you like it.
Thanks tons.
Always great to learn the simple tricks!
Thanks Jake, I'm glad you like it.
Thank you so much for the very very useful info, right to the point, simple and accurate, thanks again
Hi Oscar, thanks for your comment, Glad it was helpful!
I appreciated this video very much, It helped me easily cut my 2x6 rafters for the chicken coop.
Thanks Dustin, I'm glad it helped.
Very easy to understand. Excellent video.🇬🇧
Thanks Mate, I'm glad you like it.
Excellent vid...this makes it look easy when the other vids are so mathematical...thanks👌
Hi thanks for your comment, Yeah a very simple method for a very particular situation. Most situations would require the maths.
this method is great , ,,real easy and looks flawless . .. will use this method on my 12x16 shed rafters . . .
Thanks Anthony, I hope it all goes well.
You made my life so easy with these videos. I am building to slanted roofs and this was perfect and so so easy to follow. Thank you... wish i could post pictures. I have built a backyard bar before but myself and my handy friend had no problems.
+Hugh Fuller Hi Hugh Thanks for your comments, i'm glad you roof went well
Just watched this video and used this method. Worked perfectly!
Hi Robert, Great to hear! Thanks for your comment.
Excellent straight forward description, thanks!
Thanks Mate, Glad you like it.
Thanks for the excellent, easy to follow instruction! Perfect.
Thanks Dwayne, I'm glad you like it.
Simple and easy to understand. thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Who thumbs down this ? I watched this on mute and its a great explanation
Thanks for your comment Kolohe, I'm glad you like it.
Brilliant !!exactly the tutorial I needed. Thanks a million mate.
Hi Hernan, thanks for your comment, glad to heat it helps.
Awesome Awesome Awesome I need to do this to my cat enclosure so that way when it rains it stops the roof from leaking at the moment the roof is flat so glad i found this video
Hi, thanks for the comment, I hope it all works out for the cats
common sense is best. thanks for the tutorial. this helped me cut perfect rafters for my addition.
Hi Michael, thanks for your comment, great to know.
the best video i find on youtobe ever , thanks alot , regards från sweden
Thanks Fran I'm glad you like it.
yes , i promise you , this one video the best i kan use in real building place ... :-) as a women,
Great, easy and simple information that works perfect!!!
Thanks mate, Glad to hear that it was helpful!
Explained so simply,thank you
Thanks Andrew, I'm glad you like it.
thanks you for that, at 63 I really didn't want to recall formulas! lol
Thank you so much helped so much building my lawnmower shed
Thanks! Great and easy explanation. To the point!
Thanks Mate, I'm glad you like it.
Thank you! Simple easy to the point. Now I can move forward with my shed.
Hi Eric, thats great to hear, thanks for your comment.
Very pro and easy to follow, Thanks again. 👍🎸👍
Thanks Jono Glad you like it
Very quick and simple. Thank you
Thanks David
Thank you for a VERY clear and concise answer...off to cut my rafters now!
Thanks Tony, glad you like it, hope it helps
These are great tutorials, thanks a lot.
Thanks Bryan, Glad you like them!
Majority of us are not Framers..you just saved tons of embarrassment 😊
Thank you so much for this video. Much easier way of doing it.
Hi Mate, thanks for your comment, just be aware that this is for a very particular circumstance and will not work in every situation.
@@Buildsum I am building a patio canopy cover over my patio. I believe this will work
Easiest description ever!!!
Thanks Mate, glad you like it.
Thank you for such an informational video.
Love you.
Thanks
Thanks Mate.
Simple and no ridiculous mathematics
Awsome
Hi Mate, just be aware that this is for a very particular circumstance and will not work in every situation. Sometimes the maths is the best way to do it.
Simply brilliant!
Thanks Mate, Glad you think so!
Great simple explanation. Thanks
Thanks Mate, Glad you like it.
Bro this is SAVAGE!!! Amazing tip!!!
Thanks Mate.
After 3 years I am watching this video again, simplest approach ever! No faf. Do you have a video on, pitch roof, applying the same principle, simple?
Hi Mate, thanks for your comment. This example is for a very specific situation and is not always quicker or easier in other situations like a pitched roof. As such, sorry, I don't have a video along those lines.
No worries, it is good to here that the videos are being used. Buildsum
Buildsum would you use this same method for a lean to roof
You just took all the questions I had for the roof I am building on my chicken coop, and eliminated them! Hahahha, thank you!
Thanks Mate, Glad I could help!
Excellent job!
Thanks Mate.
Saved me a mad bit of math. Thanks mate!
Thanks Mate, glad you like it.
thanks for this, we had discrepancies in front and rear angles, and I see now why.Thankyou
Nice useful and easy to understand thank you.
Thanks, Issac, glad you like it.
Animation does make sense, easy method, accurate without rafter book. Probably this is an easiest way to cut bird mouth each and every time
I am a newbie to this. do you Attach beams with the shingles and everything in place, or do you have to take everything up? Also how is this shingled so it looks seamless. Thank you so much, you have made a video that makes a dream come true for me
Thanks, I appreciate it! That made life much easier for me.
Thanks, Ryan, Its good to know that it is helping
Just what I needed! Thanks so much!
Thanks Mate
Great videos mate. Any chance you could demonstrate how to do a flat roof with trusses and parapet? Thanks for all the info so far!
Hi Nicholas, Thanks for your comment, I don't have anything like that planed so it could take a while.
Brilliant. This guy really does explain things in plain english at the nitty gritty level.
Buildsum please keep all your items on the site. Have you considered making a wikipedia entry for birdsmouth joints-- none of the other sites which come up on google etc search is a patch on yours.
One Q, in your diagram lower level b/m has its vertical cut outside the wallplate but top vertical cut is inside-- could you make both verticals inside so that bottom vertical presses against inside of wallplate and the top presses against the top horizontal beam. Equally could the top vertical be cut outside the top beam or even both inside or both outside cuts? Would this affect your basic description or the structural soundness of the end fixing?
Ever thought of doing video on replacing/installing wooden windows in brick walls using simple techniques and dealing with practical problems eg drilling into brick to screw window frame to wall where wall crumbles so won't hold wallplug, use of strongarm etc to hold brickwork up when you cut out hole for new window/doorframe where adjustable[acrow] prop won't lie flat against wall because of welded square foot on bottom of tube,how much brickwork can you leave unsupported and for how long as you play with new frame to allow for not square original old wall opening or fitting metric new in place of imperial old.Most instructions just assume rolls royce materials and perfect situations.
By the way when fitting rafters what's wrong with laying up two rafters side by side bolted at top to pivot forming an x shape with very short arms above the pivot and the near full length rafter below pivot back down to wallplate and then cutting to adjust to take top horizontal beam either above or below the apex pivot point. Is this structurally unsound ie because rafters are not completely opposite each other just touching side by side. If it's ok it should remove hassle of getting wood cuts perfect before erection+
Keep up your good work-
simple and effective,Thanks I can finish my project.
Wow that's awesome way to do it... thanks
Hi Jim, thanks, I'm glad you like it.
Trust an aussie... may I say western au? To make the clearest example for rafters. Finally something I can understand.. give this guy a VB
Hi Ray, thanks for your comment, sorry not from WA but Sydney.
Thank you for the video. It is great and simple. Question: What is the minimum length of the rafters need to be extended at both ends?
Hi Mate, the maximum overhang is usually stated in the Span Tables, at least here in Australia it is, there is no stipulation on whether that is for one end or both however I would envisage that having an overhang on both ends would be better than just having an overhang on one end as they would tend to balance each other out. As a general rule the cantilever distance is generally 1/3 the length of the beam or in other words you need to have twice the length of the cantilever supported ensuring that you don't exceed the max allowable span of the rafter.
wow very good video ....thank alot my friend
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Thanks, Mate.
Thanks very much for this
I just spent today cutting rafters after I watched this vid and you literally saved me hours
Hi Mose, thanks for your comment, glad to hear that the video helped.
so well explained and useful.
+dozdeshabb Thank You
very helpful! Thanks for your time :)
Thanks Jason, I'm glad that you like it.
Hi1 have you deleted your excellent video on birds mouths which I watched some time ago?- I can't find it now2 did you ever get round to covering making hole in brick wall/removing wood window frame from brick wall, where single skin and no lintel in place and replacing--ie how to ensure top of hole doesn't fall in whilst your shaping up /fitting new frame given that old window holes are never square [bits of brick stick out and in and were just packed out with lime mortar 100 years ago to square up hole to frame] but new window frames are square so you need work time to get things right on site[ eg trimming new frame to fit past projecting bits of brick]working only from outside of wall [no access to inside of wall except by leaning through. UK has strong boy tool on scaffold tube but that requires additional holes in brickwork making new weak points
+coral brown Hi Coral
1. I haven't deleted any videos is this the one you were referring to ua-cam.com/video/xAuQdQ78mrI/v-deo.html
2. In short, No, sorry
I think another way ..is to place your rafter on the side edge high and low side of the roof top plate..then trace it with marker or pencil....then cut the traced out wood ..check fit...if rafters fit correctly ....then trace the same cut out on the other rafters.
Of course you could do i that way however it may need 2 people to do it accurately
Thanks...I will approach my build the tracing way, I will get them all traced out, cut, screwed and nailed in.....I have sons...but they are lazy as heck....they love to eat food, and sleep under my roof..lol....its not a rush build..wont mind too much going it alone..Thanks again.
I thought of this just today. No help though, way back in the bush building my camp
Great help. Thank you for the upload.
+Anthony Mann Thanks Anthony
Excellent video once again thank you. For trimming the ends of the rafters so they are plumb, would you do that on the ground? And if so how do you then determine the angle? I mean I know how to do the math, but if you're scribing, how does that help you find the angle of the two end cuts?
Hi Uri
While you are scribing the birdsmouths the plumb bevel at the back of the birdsmouth will be the same angle as the plumb bevel for the ends of the rafters.
The only problem with cutting them on the ground is then having to install them exactly straight so your fascia remains straight, this will depend on how straight your top plate is.
If you are using Metal Fascia this won't be a problem as the brackets are adjustable however if you are using timber Fascia I would install the rafters first then use a string or chalk line to get the rafters tails cut off in line.
Hope this helps
Thanks very much!
Buildsum
Kudos, on this video! Thanks
Very good!
Made Simple! Thank you!
Good videos mate so simple 👍
Thanks Mate 👍
So could you just leave the end wall top plates at an angle (miter the studs) so you could lay the rafters flat across the top ?
Hi Lawrence, you could however this would tend to redirect the forces that are acting on the wall so it would tend to want to be pushed over rather than the forces pushing straight down.
@@Buildsum thanks very much. We are also considering a wide chalet house, have you done any videos on ridge beam roof framing ?
Hi Lawrence is this what you are looking for?
ua-cam.com/video/iKyD4vR_6-M/v-deo.html