Roofing With 2x4

For roofs that will experience heavy snow or wind and will span the same distance use 2 6 rafters.

Roofing with 2x4.

For roofs that won t experience heavy snow loads a gable roof can span up to 22 with 2 4 rafters. He s already got the 2x4 up for rafters and it s ready for laying plywood tomorrow. Rafters to 2x4 with joist hangers. He says lowes told him he could use 2x4 for rafters with 1 2 inches plywood for asphalt shingles.

Tin roofing also known as metal roofing is considered more durable than composition or wood shingles. A stick framed roof uses 2x4 s or 2x6 s or whatever you are framing with but has a ridge board running down the middle ridge line. The rafters are 18 foot long without beams or trusses garage 28x40. I told him plywood and asphalt shingles would be too heavy.

If you have a simple gable shed roof then using 2 4 rafters makes more sense unless you have a very large shed. The roofing is manufactured in panels that. Installing wood stripping under a tin roof. You then have rafters running down from this ridge board and resting on the top wall plates.

Sometimes the rafter will have a tail and extend out past the wall so that you have a soffit or overhang.