Finally building my storage shed.

   / Finally building my storage shed.
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#41  
Nice project. Night photo makes it look ... cold!

Did you choose a tin roof because of durability, light weight, or ???. I have a garage on my property built long ago from wood milled at the property. Trusses were not engineered as it was a .... no permits required ... type of job.

I've been thinking about sheeting it with OSB and putting a composition roof on, but I don't want to put more weight than it can handle. I don't know how to figure out what weight is appropriate. Except the tin must be much lighter.

I went with tin for a number of reasons; I sawed all the lumber myself and I didn't have enough to plank the roof, the OSB is too thin therefore I would have to buy sheeting if I wanted to shingle which would raise the cost, tin doesn't allow any real snow build up, with tin I should never have to worry about redoing the roof in the lifetime of that shed, and last but not least the tin, roof caps and screws cost me $938.
 
   / Finally building my storage shed.
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What is the spacing of your trusses and how steep is your pitch? One of the advantages to metal over shingles is that you can space your trusses out a lot farther. Shingles need trusses 24 inches on center, or closer. I personally space my trusses out 4 feet and then use 2x4's on the flat for purlins across the trusses so I have an easy target to screw the metal down. Pitch is how steep the roof is. For metal, you can get away with 2:12 without any issues, but for shingles, you should never be less then 4:12

The trusses are 24" on Center same as the walls, with 2x4 strapping on 16" centres. The pitch is whatever looked good and gave me a ten foot ceiling inside. Haha. But for actual measurements I think it's around 7:12 or 8:12, I would have to go measure again to be sure.
 
   / Finally building my storage shed. #43  
"you should never be less than 4:12 "..... is not quite correct.
Manufacturers recommend not less than 4:12, for shingles, but....
WILL warranty a shingled roof down to, and including, 2:12 pitch, if Ice & Water Shield is used.

I understand that there are exceptions to every rule. But I'll stick with the basics and never use shingles with a pitch of less then 4:12. You just start having other issues, and over time, it's not worth it in my opinion.
 
   / Finally building my storage shed. #44  
"you should never be less than 4:12 "..... is not quite correct.
Manufacturers recommend not less than 4:12, for shingles, but....
WILL warranty a shingled roof down to, and including, 2:12 pitch, if Ice & Water Shield is used.

Lots of tar and gravel 1920's homes here with 2:12 or even slightly less with built in curbs instead of gutters...

I've converted a lot to comp shingle with double coverage felt and either went with torch down roll material for the curbs or removed for gutters... no leaks but no snow and always double coverage felt.
 
   / Finally building my storage shed. #45  
I understand that there are exceptions to every rule. But I'll stick with the basics and never use shingles with a pitch of less then 4:12. You just start having other issues, and over time, it's not worth it in my opinion.

Agree! I had a small rental that had a low slope roof over a washroom. Thing was always giving me problems with leaks until it needed a complete roof and they put ICEY on the decking before the shingles on that part. No problems on that room in 20 years.
 
   / Finally building my storage shed.
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#46  
Well spring and summer has been non stop but we finally got rained out from work.
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Tyvek is on.
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Doors are built and hung.
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Ramp is built.
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The Chevy is finally in its new home.
Just have a few things like door handles and locks etc to do, and get everything cleaned up.
 
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Not sure how to post the video when we moved it into its corner but here are a few screen shots.
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Not sure why but it won't let me post the screen shots. Maybe another day.
 
   / Finally building my storage shed. #48  
Nice shed. Any idea of the cost to build? What are you going to side it with?
 
   / Finally building my storage shed. #49  
I have enough steel roofing for about a 16'x20' shed but I can't afford the lumber (even rough-cut). Because Winter is fast approaching, I just bought 2 13'x20'x12' portable garages from Home Depot. If the coverings fail in a few years the frames are strong enough to add metal.
 
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Nice shed. Any idea of the cost to build? What are you going to side it with?

Thanks. I think cost wise I have around $2000-$2500 into it not counting my time of course. As for siding I'm just going to leave it as is for now. Down the road I'll either put vinyl or if I can afford it I'll do tin.
 

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