Mark the rafter layout onto the wall plates and ledger, as shown in the ROOF framing section (loafing shed plans), then install the ledger flush with the back side of the rear wall Install the rafters. 5. Complete the side wall framing: Cut a top plate for each side to fit between ...
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nounA structure with a single-pitch roof that is attached to the side of a building as a wing or extension. nounA shelter or shed having a roof with a single slope or pitch. from The Century Dictionary. Having rafters or supports pitched against or leaning on another building, a wall, ...
Lean-To Shed Rafter Dimensions 3 The frame of the roofconsists of four 2-by-4 rafters cut so that they rest on the front- and rear-wall top plates, as shown in the rafter detail at right. Install a gable stud directly over the center studs on both side walls to fit between the end...
"building whose rafters lean against another building or wall," mid-15c., fromlean(v.) +to(adv.). Comparepenthouse. "An addition made to a house behind, or at the end of it, chiefly for domestic offices, of one story or more, lower than the main building, and the roof of it le...