Backyard Shed
(Page 10 of 12)
August/September 1993
By John Vivian
Nail 6" trim to ends (and back as well if trim will be open to view); place so top of trim snugs up under roof ply. Later, for a more finished look, you can cut strips of scrap ply and fasten to underside of rafters at front and back. This will keep out nest-building phoebes (and bats and wasps if really tight); cut holes at the peak of side walls, and install screened aluminum vents over the holes to let out summer heat.
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Roofing
Trim roof ply along sides and rear. Snap chalked-cord cut lines so the cut will be straight and even with trim (or sheathing). With roofing nails, fasten L-shaped aluminum drip molding along front, back and sides. Nail right through soft, thin metal. Trim ends with tin snips.
Roof with asphalt shingles or (at three times the price) wood shakes. For cheapest and easiest roofing, buy two-yard-wide, 36'-long "one-square" rolls of light-weight, mineral-covered asphalt roll-roofing. Do not use mere tar paper or roofing felt that will wrinkle as it absorbs rain water or tear and blow off in the first high wind). Get roofing in a dark color in the north, light in the south. If not using metal drip molding, edge front and back with butted wood shim-shingles extending 1/4" beyond edge of ply front and back. Lay a 6"-wide strip of scrap roofing alongside edges.
Take rolls to roof and orient so they'll unroll along long dimension of shed. Push one end exactly 2' beyond one side edge of roof. Unroll, keeping edge square to long edge of ply, and let sun-warm, if needed, to lie flat. Then, 23" from other edge of the roof, cut square with utility knife against a heavy straightedge.
From two rolls, you'll get four 16'-long, yard-wide strips, so you can overlap each strip by more than 1/3" of its width—a good practice on a low-slope roof. Install from lower eave to upper, with uncoated border at top and overlapping strips running across the wide dimension of the roof. Lay so that 1/2" of roofing extends beyond drip edge all around. Overlap strips so lower 23" is exposed "to weather." Turn the upper strip around so factory-cut coated edge is at top, extending 1/2" beyond edge of drip molding. Trim to 23" wide.
Cement and nail following directions for your particular roofing (that you'll find printed on the brown paper cover). Roof ply is thin and nails would punch through and twinkle on the shed ceiling. So, fasten upper margin of roofing (to be double covered) along rafters. Use a chalk line if need be to mark rafter locations. With trowel or caulking gun apply roofing cement along all edges and in narrow up-down strips every 2' along nail lines.
Finishing Touches
Trim corners with 1 x 4 boards cut to fit tightly between top trim and skirt board, using 6d galvanized finishing nails. Attach to side and then to front, so that front trim covers edge of side trim boards.
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