attaching a roof to my run....oy I'm so confused.

[chicken_noob]

2 things I thought about. One is the pitch of the roof. And the other is your 4x4's you said 3 on a side (corner, middle, corner) and the run is 12x15 so the distance between the 4x4's will be about 6' or 7.5' and thus need some good support (probably greater then 2x4's). Your roof is gonna take almost 6sheets of osb or plywood, tar paper, then the asphalt shingles (that's a decent amount of weight)...living where you do, ya might want to add a gutter and a rain barrel. Not sure how much you want to spend but I think id go to the pro desk at he depot and tell them what your making. They can tell you what size of 2x you'd need for that span. I am by no means a construction guy other then my own crap. Anyways that just my 2cents.

 

[TomGallopavo]

For asphalt shingles the roof needs to be at least 10 degrees...even then you need to double the tar paper and reduce the exposure of the shingle...why not metal?

 

[Haunted Chicken]

Wow, thanks for all the reply's. I'm beginning to think it might be worth just buying the metal (or any corrugated product, which ever would be cooler in the sun) and not have to worry about weight so much. I was trying to not be wasteful and use some of the shingles we already have. Guess I'll just re-home them

The area gets full afternoon sun so I thought plywood and shingles would be cooler as well. Guess I'll be planting a fast growing shade tree or vines.

I'll be so happy when this is finished. (So will the girls)

Thank you for all the great info. I feel like I'm making a more informed decision now

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[Haunted Chicken]

Just got back from Home Depot. We decided to get Galvanized Corrugated Steel Roof Panels. They're 12' long so I'll shrink the run to 11 so we will have a 6" over hang. Not much but I'm not wanting to give up more of the girls space. The gentleman helping us said it would reflect the heat the best. (As he is describing the massive amounts of heat waves reflecting away, I was picturing the blue spruce that hangs over part of the run going up in a poof of flames)

Any reasons not to use this? My DH is leaving for a week so there's plenty of time to change my mind ....yet again

. (Oh man I hope not, I'm ready to move onward and get these ladies in their new home.)

 

[fiddlebanshee]

I've just gotten Ondura panels (google them). It's an asphalt product, Lowe's carries them. THey are light weight and easy to work with. THey come in 4x6 ft sheets (79" in long, actually but you have to overlap 7").

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Any reasons not to use this?

I think it's the best roof you can have.

This shows what I was talking about when I said you could notch the 4X4's for the beam:

http://www.askthebuilder.com/684_Building_A_Deck.shtml

 

[Haunted Chicken]

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We looked at those as well (Lowes and Home Depot are side by side here) We really liked them, accept it would take a lot of overlapping to get the whole 12x15 covered. Wish they came in 12' lengths too.

 

[Haunted Chicken]

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I think it's the best roof you can have.

This shows what I was talking about when I said you could notch the 4X4's for the beam:

http://www.askthebuilder.com/684_Building_A_Deck.shtml

http://www.askthebuilder.com/artman212/uploads/1/684_1.jpg

Oh wow, that looks great!! However I think it may be beyond our skill level, lol. We didn't realize how bad we were at building until we started this project.

 

[chriscos]

I don't notch my rafters, I use rafter ties. Pictures here: http://shop.mccoys.com/hardware/fasteners/construction-fasteners/rafter-ties (I use the hurricane ties).

I just get the ridge pole set up, cut the rafters at the proper angle, then connect everything up with the fasteners/ties.

I also don't use plywood on the roof. Just some purlins and the Ondura corrugated roofing. It's not the cheapest roofing, but it goes up fast. I had over 4 feet of snow on my coops roofs this winter with no problems as all.

Between the purlins, rafters, and the hurricane ties, it is one strong roof.

 

[Gullygarden]

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Thank you, I'll show this to my DH. Any chance of a peak under the eaves so I can see how it's attached?

Sorry to take so long. I do have this: