Roof Framing for reals

We've started framing the roof, now it's time to sheet the gable, cut in the lookouts, and add the rest of the roof & ceiling joists.

Gable is sheeted!

Got Kelley in this shot

added the lookouts

 

I saw how to make lookouts from watching the Crazy Framer on youtube. Cut a notch into the gable the size of a 2x4. Cut a 2x6 to 10.5" long. You have to have two joists up, one being the gable and the other acts as a nailer. If you're using trusses, the gable truss should be smaller than the rest, and you want to sheet it on the ground. Then lay the lookouts on top of the gable with 2x4 separators. The way I did it, measure the distance from the inside of the 2nd joist to 10.5" outside of the gable sheeting. Cut 2x4's that length, then nail the 2x6's to form an L shape. Nail through the 2nd joist into the back of the 2x4, be sure you are creating a level lookout. I cut notches into the gable that are the exact dimensions of the 2x4, so the board can sit right in the notch. The 2x6 should then be flush against the sheeting. I used about a 20" overhang on the sides. So I measured 3' up from the end, and attached the lookouts every 2' after that. For my roof here, that means I had 5 lookouts per side. I also attached a center block to attach the fascia.

I used a double 2x6 center beam for the ceiling center support.

check out those joists

My framing brings all the girls to the yard

Those are the easy roof joists

I had to come up with something here. It's creative, but looks like an afterthought

This is where I knew it would get sticky. The roof joists in front of the wall are standard. To get between the standard joists and the chimney I had to get creative. This leaves the existing roofline intact. The correct way to do that is to extend framing across the existing roof to change the pitch, but that means I'll have to wrap around the chimney and that's going to be really really hard. 

I'm hanging ceiling joists

Hurricane straps installed

Now with all of the ceiling joists up

adding the first piece of fascia

All that fascia!

Really happy with the way this came out

Ready for sheeting, but I still have to deal with that existing roofline. Got some family advice that the drop thing looks like an afterthought, which it was.