Hi, got a question on my shed build. Excuse the lack of technical terms.
I am about to cut the rafters for my shed, and am wondering how these should be attached to the walls of the shed. The shed wall frames are made up of 4x2 as is the rafters. The easy way is to place them on top of the walls and drive screws in from the top / use some angle brackets to secure them. However i am wondering if there is a more correct way of doing this. Such as cutting a notch out of the rafters so they lock onto the wall frame before fixing them down?
Also due to the sloping roof, how do you get the rafters to lay "flat" on the wall frames? Is it a case of cutting the rafters so they fit flat, or are there some "wedges" that can be bought that will allow the rafters to sit on the walls correctly.
Hope that makes sense, if not I'll have to sketch something up.
I am about to cut the rafters for my shed, and am wondering how these should be attached to the walls of the shed. The shed wall frames are made up of 4x2 as is the rafters. The easy way is to place them on top of the walls and drive screws in from the top / use some angle brackets to secure them. However i am wondering if there is a more correct way of doing this. Such as cutting a notch out of the rafters so they lock onto the wall frame before fixing them down?
Also due to the sloping roof, how do you get the rafters to lay "flat" on the wall frames? Is it a case of cutting the rafters so they fit flat, or are there some "wedges" that can be bought that will allow the rafters to sit on the walls correctly.
Hope that makes sense, if not I'll have to sketch something up.