Putting A Roof On A Playhouse

We ve had this playhouse up through a windy alaska summer and winter through rainstorms and even with lots of snow.

Putting a roof on a playhouse.

Once you have it in place you ll put another one over the black part of it and nail it in place and keep going until you get to the edge of your roof. Reconsider with this plan. There should be an additional 4 feet of tarp on every side. Think putting up a roof on a playhouse is difficult.

Create an anchor board by rolling the tarp s peak end with a 2 x 4 inch board and nailing the tarp to your board with your 3 inch nails. Once the wall frames are firmly attached to the floor you can move onto making the roof for the playhouse. Preparation 2 3 4 plywood or osb 4 8 sheets can be the builder grade stuff 6 2 2 furring strips 50 square feet of roofing cedar shinges would be adorable 8 roofing ridge material roofing nails or other roofing fasteners 2 self tapping wood screws 1 1 4 self tapping wood screws. So a new gaf timberline natural shadow.

Jackson s playhouse has a straight up roof just like our house. My only complaint is that the roof isn t waterproof and when it rains everything in it gets drenched. We purchased this playhouse kit about a year ago and it has help up great so far. I ve been teasing this playhouse for a long time and we finally finished it this weekend.

Because i kind of still can t. Regular wood if you paint seal it for the outdoors it will last for years 5 2 4 8 boards 4 2 3 8 boards 5 2 4 8 boards 4 2 3 8 boards 3 8 suntuf corrugated roofing panels i used the solar gray color to give a bit of shade to the playhouse. And we did it. Cut the collar ties to the correct angle and length.

This simple roof design will take all of the confusion out of rafters. We still have a few things on the ol to do. Cut the ridge to length. To do this first create a frame and then cover it with plywood.

Can you even believe it. Partially unroll your tarp to cover the damaged area from the roof s eaves to peak. Cut the rafter to the correct angle and length using a framing square and a circular saw or a miter saw. Measure the ridgeboard the board that will run lengthwise through the center of the triangle shaped roof to 7 11.

I really wanted the house to be waterproof that way i can also use it as a storage shed for all my daughters toys. Let s put it this way.