Simple Mortgage Free Cabin Build Pt 4: Roof Rafters And Metal - YouTube

all right here's what we got going  here our ridge beam is officially set  

there are two 16 foot sections right here the set  of rafters is where the ridge beam meets you can  

see we have these kind of supporting the ridge  beam up there pretty hard to do with two guys  

um kind of challenging but we have  you can see we built a cradle up here  

that way the ridge the ridge  board can sit in between that  

supports it keeps it nice and uh  keeps it from sagging and stuff too  

and then we have you know our scaffolding set up  of course and we're getting ready to fill in the  

front rafters here and then we'll just fill in all  of all the rest of them so we start with our two  

on the back here to get this going and then here  in the middle where they join so we're getting  

our ridge beam set first then then we'll fill it  all in 24 inches on center 2x8 rafters 12 12 pitch

because i'm never gonna get there bud

right there

so

just for you because i know you like to be perfect

good

all right so i was originally going to do a 10  12 pitch on this roof um but decided to do a 12  

12 mainly just because the angles are so much  easier because all this is a 45 degree angle  

so we just take the end of the board  mark a 45 measure short point down here  

to short point right there and then that's  this is the inside of the top plate where  

the bird's mouth will sit and then this is just  a 45 and a 45 so it makes it easy there's no  

uh you can't really mess that up because  your speed square is at a 45 degree angle so  

makes it a lot easier and there's  never going to be snow on this roof  

all right all the rafters are on some of them  turned out better than others but they're all  

pretty good and then i'm going to run a i'll  run a 2x4 across here right below the ridge  

board there just to tie them apart even better  so they can't come apart and then right now  

we're going to start on the blocking and then  the strapping and this thing will be solid

all right we got our gable studs in here i need  to add i am going to add one more here i just  

don't have the board for it but we're gonna  start getting we're gonna cut our rafters  

now our rafter tails all flush so we can put our  fascia board on and we're gonna start running our  

strapping for our metal and get that all done  today and hopefully throw a metal on tomorrow

oh

galvanized spiral nails nails

how is it up there it's pretty  good it's becoming a ladder

so we have this block right here that  i think is twelve and three quarter  

twelve three quarter yeah twelve  and three quarters inches and uh  

that's what i use to keep our spacing  right so we're 16 inches on center  

that way we don't have to measure and snap a chalk  line every time so this speeds things up a lot

there you go

then we have lines here that i'm going off of that  i keep flush with this outside rafter which will  

give us our overhang so that way these are  all these are all plumb with each other now

that way we don't have to cut them  when we put our fascia board on

at some point probably

we're gonna call it a night that one side's just  about done we just have a little bit to fill in  

on the back side there and then tomorrow we'll  do the other side and should get a good start on  

the metal might even get it done but i'm gonna  wind down with some land of the sky blue waters

that's it good boy a good dog

so

here's a look at the roofing we have  one last piece to put on the end here  

but we're trying to figure out a good way to do  that since i can't stand on the strapping anymore

dinner

um

are you just hanging yeah i'm ready

right there yep

dead center

we got all the metal installed  here came out perfect

the chef's getting some breakfast going here  

this side's complete we're going  to start on this other side here

and then install the ridge cap and we'll be done  with the roof we'll be dried in besides the gables  

of course we gotta fill those in but um the  main goal is i want to get a roof on this place  

so that way we don't have water coming  in here anymore because i'm kind of sick  

of this plastic walking on it and  the water just kind of pools so um  

i want to get this roof on and then we'll  be weathered in at least and then uh  

probably tomorrow i'll have these gables filled  in um sheeted in and everything and we'll be  

we'll be done or dried in at least then  i'll start doing doors and windows but  

today that's our mission right there get this  other side on the metal and then the ridge cap

show you how i start the metal here i  measured this is the overhang in the  

front of the cabin here i measured from  the end of this strap over here 36 inches  

and pounded a nail because i'm going to hook my  chalk line to that and snap a line all the way  

down on the strapping here to guide my first sheet  of metal but the sheets are actually 38 inches  

wide but you get 36 inches of coverage because you  have this overlap here but 36 inches means it'll  

overhang two inches out the front here and i'm  gonna have a one inch thick fascia board so then  

it'll stick out an inch past that and um that rib  on the end here will act as my drip edge because  

i'm not in i'm not putting on drip edge or any  of that stuff it's not necessary i know a lot of  

people use it it looks nice and all that but um if  you do it this way you just you don't need it so  

um save a few bucks there all right we got the  metal just about on this side here you can see  

i started on the ridge cap up here but it looks  nice we've got this little bit to fill in here

so uh yeah once we get this last little bit in  we'll be done i had to sincerely go get screws  

though so we're kind of at a stand still but  um yeah that first run of ridge cap looks nice  

comes in 10 foot sections so i'll have four  sections and then just overlap accordingly  

so the 32 foot comes out good um but yeah  i'm really happy with the roof it looks nice

drop screw

took my eye out

green light green light

so we need to go down here and kind  of adjust it on the end and come

that probably looks goofy but  that's the only way i can do it

quarter inch out

looks fine yeah

professional all right guys the roof is  officially on ridge caps installed up there

all the metal is on

turned out excellent i have no complaints at all  it's a good feeling having a roof over your head  

so this is probably going to be the end of  this video because i'm kind of trying to make  

this series make sense and go in order  next video is going to be windows doors  

i'll fill in these gable ends both of them and  then the fascia boards and that will probably  

that'll probably be the last video of this  series and then like i said i'll make them all  

or i'll put them all together and make it one  long kind of movie so that we can people in  

the future can watch the whole thing from  start to finish instead of in just parts  

but um once after the last part of the series  which like i said we'll do the windows and doors  

and kind of buttoning everything up outside to get  it officially dried in um after that i will still  

make videos of all the inside stuff of course  but like i said everybody's going to have their  

own ideas on what they want to spend or do inside  so um that's kind of up to whatever whatever you  

guys want to do everybody's got their own taste  and stuff so um but basically i wanted to show  

the point of this series that was i wanted to  show that anybody can do this stuff that you can  

do it with simple tools and i mean we slapped this  thing up pretty fast and i'm really happy with how  

it turned out and everything in this place is hand  nailed you know so um for the rest of my life when  

i'm sitting in my la-z-boy recliner you know i can  look around knowing that i built this with my bare  

hands so uh pretty cool it's a good feeling but  um as always thanks for watching guys and uh i  

look forward to putting the next video out and  showing you guys the door and windows installed