Skip to main content

Install Roof Sheathing

7:40
18:53
6.7K views

At 7:40 in

Vlog 3: ROOF FRAMING TO SHINGLING!

What happens here

After the rafters are installed, sheets of plywood (or OSB) are laid over them to form the roof deck. The sheets are typically pre-marked with lines indicating the rafter locations (e.g., 16 inches on center) to guide nailing. These sheets are securely fastened to the rafters with nails, creating a solid surface for the roofing materials.

Goal: Create a solid roof deck by installing plywood sheathing.

Tools and materials

  • Nail Gun — Fastening sheathing to rafters
  • Pencil — Marking rafter locations on sheathing
  • Plywood — Creating the solid roof deck
  • Safety Glasses — Eye protection during nailing
  • Tape Measure — Measuring and ensuring proper sheathing alignment
  • Nails — Securing sheathing

What they say

Hide

We got our fasc. So now getting it sheathed and first thing mark out our rafter layout on each sheet. So just marking our 16s on here and that way when we go to lay our sheathing we can make sure that the center of our rafters are maintaining that layout. So uh something we like to do if you're using OSB it's usually uh has marks on it already but we like to use plywood for our roof just a little bit more sturdy and uh that's what we prefer. So, get this up. Looking good, though. And here with our window, we maxed out at a 312 pitch. So, normally we like to shoot for something that's a little bit steeper than that, but uh had our roofer here yesterday and we are going to ice and water shield the whole thing just cuz we have a slightly less than ideal pitch. Um, four is what we shoot for at least. But, uh, with the window, our beams are already kind of as low as as we would want them. So, that's what we got going on. We'll ice and water shield the entire thing and be good to go. Any words of wisdom for us, a >> um, no. >> I mean, laying out the line just makes life easier. sheathen go. Next thing we got to do too here along our last rafter at the house, there's no sheathing on the house. It's just insulation board

Auto-generated from the video audio.