Welcome to our video on erecting a shed
Same thing applies, whatever size shed you're erecting is spend some time getting the base
absolutely square. Click on the link to watch our video on getting a perfect right angle
Measure from the measure across the diagonal to make absolutely sure you're starting with a
very square base. If you don't, you're going to be in all sorts of trouble when it comes to the roofs
So this is where the time needs to be spent. You can also click on the link to see how to lay the shed base that we've laid
On all of your panels, there should be a little lip on the underside of that fence panel
So make sure that you've got the panels the right way up when you lay them and try and
paint any panels that you're not going to be accessing later on that you won't be able to access
There's the lip in place that sits over the base. Lay your panels out around the perimeter of your base
As you can see that we've painted the ones we're not going to be able to get to later on
and then using the help of a friend drill some pilot holes and screw the panels together through the edge rib Don forget the pilot hole this timber splits very easily Lay all the panels prop them
If you've got a big shed like this, then prop them as you go round, but don't fix to the base just yet
Fix all of the panels together around the perimeter, then jump inside and make sure your floor is square
You'll see in a moment that we pull the side panels in towards the base
and that must be done all the way around the perimeter to make out. absolutely sure that all of the base is touching the lip that you saw so that we're
absolutely sure that we're square before we fix the floor down to the bearers and in
our case the timber sub base that we put underneath with some insulation this is
going to be a workshop so it's really important that is warm having fixed the floor
we're now going to start work on the roof supports the main supports will have a
strut going across the middle we'll call these ones trusses and we're going to use one of
the apex sections from the shed as a template to lay our trusses against So we formed the correct angle by laying the truss against that apex fixing it with the apex piece that comes supplied All sheds will vary just a little bit
This truss support will actually fit underneath. The angles are cut for it to fit underneath the truss
But to give ourselves a little bit more head height, we're going to fix it across. It's still got plenty of support
Using a friend again, lay the trusses out on every panel joint
or as instructed by your instructions and fix securely to the top of the shed
This will hold the walls together and allow you to remove the supports that you put on the outside
When they're all in place, check again for square and bang your ridgeboard into place
Fixing that solidly. The ridgeboard normally comes in pieces that fit in between the truss and the joiners in the middle of the truss
Once you have that in place, you can be sure that everything is square. start fixing your apex pieces where you go over a door this will normally come in
three sections for a large shed like this for smaller sheds you will just get one big triangle When you got the apex sections fitted then fit the last ridgeboard in point
place and because you've spent so much time both on the floor and with the trusses
getting things square you'll see that the spacing between the trusses and the
additional supports that go in between the trusses should be absolutely square as
well it's only when you come to put the roof boards on that you will realize just
how important it was to get the base perfectly square you can click on the link to
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