Another shed question: This time, the roof - Ridge cap?

[Wulf202]

The stuff fentonite is offering is peel and stick ice sheild it's for the edges. If there's enough for the entire roof it's overkill which is perfect.

Start at the bottom and make sure you overlap by 2-4 inches. Layering so water will flow down hill onto the next section like shingles.

Staples are fine. Caps are code but half the guys cheat and use staples anyways.

[Irving]

I took some photos of how a ridge cap is installed for you today. I'll post them when I get home.


Edit: It is basically exactly what Clodhopper described.

[Irving]

[Martinjmpr]

Thanks to all who replied and a BIG thanks to Fentonite for the material. That was some heavy duty stuff - it looked and felt like thick vinyl/fake leather stuff. And there was more than enough to do the whole roof (in fact, if anyone needs any there are still at least 3 8' long strips left, PM me.)

Finished the shed yesterday, wife painted it and it is now filled with our extra junk!

Hmmm...tried to upload files to show a pic but couldn't. May have to do that from my phone.

[Martinjmpr]

Pics:

Started on Saturday March 4 at about 10:30. Leveling the base was a PITA because our yard slopes in two directions:





Once the foundation was up I started building the walls



Took me all day Sunday the 5th but by the end of the day the "skeleton" was up!



Finished and painted by about 4:30 yesterday:




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[Martinjmpr]

One thing I did that I think will make it pretty strong: Instead of putting it together with nails, I used wood screws. I just hate nails. I guess I'm just not a very good carpenter but whenever I try to put things together with nails I always have a difficult time, bent nails, pieces not aligned, etc. Instead, I got a whole bunch of torx-head wood deck screws and where the instructions called for me to nail two pieces of wood together I screwed them together instead (if it was two pieces of grained lumber, like the 2 x 3 framing, I drilled holes in one piece of lumber so they wouldn't split when I screwed them together.)

Screws vs. nails probably added a lot of time to the build but it was easier for met to do and I think it will result in a stronger frame. At least I hope so as I really don't want to have to do this again!

[Martinjmpr]

Oh and here's the heavy vinyl ice guard I got from member Fentonite: don't know if you can tell by the picture but this is thick, heavy stuff!






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[Martinjmpr]

I took some photos of how a ridge cap is installed for you today. I'll post them when I get home.


Edit: It is basically exactly what Clodhopper described.

The instructions that came with the shed actually gave a pretty good description of how to put on the shingles and how to make the ridge cap.

The only thing they didn't say was that it's easier to cut the shingles for the ridge cap if you cut them from the back rather than the front. Took me about 3 shingles to figure that one out.

[Fentonite]

Awesome!

[davsel]

A bit late now, but I would be concerned about the base sinking in over time once it is loaded down.
I would have dug down a couple of feet at least and poured four concrete posts to rest the support beams on. Also would have used 2x6s a bit closer together for floor joists.
Best of luck.