Hi Lee. Just wondering, is your roof completely flat or does it have a fall in it? If it has a fall, have you achieved this using rake walls or furing strips? If not, are you concerned that it will deteriorate over time? Asking because I’m trying to figure my own roof out and watched your video for guidance, and noticed it looks completely flat.
Hi Sebastian. There is a fall in the roof. Even though such roofs are called flat roofs, they are never normally truly flat. If you checkout the second video in this series (ruclips.net/video/HCiuUPse6Iw/видео.html) you should be able to see that I have built the rear wall taller than the sides and the front. A lot easier with a smaller build to take this approach than rake the walls or use firrings. The general rule is a minimum fall of 1:80. So for every 80 centimetres, the roof should fall one centimetre so ensure the rain water runs off rather than pools. Hope this helps!
@@leejmurphy thanks. Yeah I can see that now. Seems like a good approach. Are those firring strips that you’ve used on top of the side walls to create the sloped top of the side walls from the rear the front, or did you just cut a piece of timber? Thanks again for all this. It’s really helpful.
Hi Sebastian, no I didn’t use furring strips. I measured the height difference front to back on the OSB sheeting and cut it at an angle to match, just to neaten everything off
Hi again Lee. I have done as you have described above and it’s worked out well. Just doing the insulation now - just wondering what you did for the spaces on the side walls where the roof slopes away from the flat of the side walls for the insulation and plasterboard?
Thanks Daniel. It wasn’t too tricky actually. Most important thing I find is to make it on a completely flat surface and make sure it is square by measuring the diagonals. It can be tricky to cut the cross braces and getting the angle right, but the best thing to do is place the timber under the frame and mark the cuts.
Hi Lee. Just wondering, is your roof completely flat or does it have a fall in it? If it has a fall, have you achieved this using rake walls or furing strips? If not, are you concerned that it will deteriorate over time? Asking because I’m trying to figure my own roof out and watched your video for guidance, and noticed it looks completely flat.
Hi Sebastian. There is a fall in the roof. Even though such roofs are called flat roofs, they are never normally truly flat. If you checkout the second video in this series (ruclips.net/video/HCiuUPse6Iw/видео.html) you should be able to see that I have built the rear wall taller than the sides and the front. A lot easier with a smaller build to take this approach than rake the walls or use firrings. The general rule is a minimum fall of 1:80. So for every 80 centimetres, the roof should fall one centimetre so ensure the rain water runs off rather than pools. Hope this helps!
@@leejmurphy thanks. Yeah I can see that now. Seems like a good approach. Are those firring strips that you’ve used on top of the side walls to create the sloped top of the side walls from the rear the front, or did you just cut a piece of timber?
Thanks again for all this. It’s really helpful.
Hi Sebastian, no I didn’t use furring strips. I measured the height difference front to back on the OSB sheeting and cut it at an angle to match, just to neaten everything off
Hi again Lee. I have done as you have described above and it’s worked out well. Just doing the insulation now - just wondering what you did for the spaces on the side walls where the roof slopes away from the flat of the side walls for the insulation and plasterboard?
I have a slight but widening cavity on mine from back to front. I’m assuming you had the same on yours?
Where are the rest of your garden build vids ? It only goes up to episode 4
Was the z frame door hard to build ? Looking forward to the rest of the series
Thanks Daniel. It wasn’t too tricky actually. Most important thing I find is to make it on a completely flat surface and make sure it is square by measuring the diagonals. It can be tricky to cut the cross braces and getting the angle right, but the best thing to do is place the timber under the frame and mark the cuts.
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