How To Frame A Lean To Roof

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0:00 Fundamentals
1:16 How to Calculate
6:46 Layout & Cut
8:04 Outro

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My name is Josh Fedorka, and I’m the founder of Training Hands Academy™. I have been a carpenter and woodworker for over 25 years. I have also held certifications in home energy auditing and have built several LEED certified homes in New England.

God has gifted me with many “hands on” skills and it is my calling and purpose to share those skills by teaching others. Whether it is to seek a career in carpentry, become a general contractor or improve one’s DIY skills and knowledge, the motivation behind THA is to help others successfully learn how to work with their hands.

[charlesoliver]

The production quality of this video is superlative. Framing of shot, lighting, and sound are flawless. The conversational oration is clearly spoken without annoying pauses, ahhs, or diminuendos. Educationally well organized, great script with a masterful performance. Clearly a smart man who can teach a presentation hitting on all cylinders. This is how a DIY video should be done. Master educator gets highest marks!

[seanjoyce]

This guy is incredible. Literally lays it out perfectly so anyone can be successful with their project. Making DIYers feel like semi-professionals. Thank you!

[tomockey]

Cut and stacked roofs for many years before any calculators were even thought of. Figure it once and lay it out and cut in volume. Hammers, nails, and plumb bobs too. That was a good days work.

[carolcudby]

The best thing with educational construction demonstration videos
Is
you can pause the video
Or
You can replay any part of the video until you have understood
how a lean to roof is constructed.
This Guy is brilliant.
He speaks very clearly.and precisely.
Thanks for your helpful demo related to the
lean to Roof

[sheldonpearo]

I like watching your videos. My dad was an excellent carpenter but he didn't have time to show me the framing square. Because when my dad went to work for someone it was get things done. Even alot off his customers would want to talk to him but he would say at break time or after work. He wasn't being rude to the customer he was there to get the job done. He was a great carpenter and a great father. And appreciated for his carpenter skills and work attitude. I am on the job for you from 8 -4.30 that is what you are paying me for. He taught me some about the framing square and I should have paid more attention.

[thomaswhite]

Thank you for your clear explanation, and diagrams . Twenty years ago I purchased two electronic digital levels from Stabila, one 24" and one 48 " . These levels are so handy for renos and for matching existing structures ...If you are working on a roof, and you don't now the pitch it will tell you 18.5 degrees which is a 4 - 12, 26.5 degrees is a 6 - 12 pitch ...These levels are so nice to use for duplicating existing builds like matching an opposite side hand railing . Level reading is 0.00 and has a beep signal so you can achieve perfect level or pitch as apposed say to a Bubble . They are just real handy . Thanks again for your expertise .

[chriskehoe]

Really pleased you are also mentioning millimetres as we now mostly converting over to them (well us old dogs anyway) just seems easier because you eliminate fraction conversion, but old habits die hard like feet and inches. 👍

[rob]

Built loft conversions in the 1990's, method 1, draw full scale on the floor.

Method 2, Trig sin, cos, tan etc still knew how to do that. With just one distance and angle, or two distances easy to work out rest.

[thomascloyd]

Ok. I thought I had found the best video.... until I found this one. I didn't know about Height Above Plate (HAP) but knew something was bothering me with the other videos. Then I found this one. Fantastic. Clearly communicated without contradictions. Has thorough explanations and great illustrations. All the others ignore HAB. Not you. Love it !!! Great job !!!

[TheHarleyhillbilly]

This video saved me a lot of headache! I am building a cabin with a sleeping loft I set my ridge beam which gives two rafter lengths a 4/12 over the loft and a 11/12 roughly over the living area with my beam installed and a unknown rafter length or pitch I made some templates out of OSB I done my rise and my run subtracting half of my beam and cut the practice rafter and it was way way off!!!! After watching this my problem was HAP so in my case I measured my HAP which was 6-9/16 I had to subtract this for my rise length as my beam was already in place re figured everything and I now have the best rafters I have ever cut! Thank you 🙏 so much for this video!!!

[Dudder]

I was looking forever on how to replace s small shed roof over an add on bathroom to my shore bungalow, main structure built in 1927! Thank thank thank thank you!!!

[blancavasquez]

Thank you so much for your videos. I have never ever cut a piece of wood until now. I keep watching your videos over and over and they make more sense. I want to build a nice chicken coop for my chickens one day.

[robakers]

you qare a really good teacher, thank you so much for this video.

[peterryan]

Many thanks for the complete way you have explained how to do this, I am still a bit confused by so much info in such a short time, but I will watch and rewatch several times to make sure I get it, thanks again, from the UK.

[johnwidell]

The construction calculator makes finding lengths, heights of odd spans easy if you know all the intricacies of what is going on. However, how to use a framing square is a lost art that is worth knowing. For common pitch roofs all you need is the framing square and basic multiplication, addition, and subtraction. Actually, learning old school methods really helps open your eyes to how, why, when to these intricacies of roof framing. Once you learn the old school way, the calculator can help to some very complicated roof framing like hip roofs, unequal pitch roofs and establishing cornice/ facia heights.

[HomeImProveMentHow]

Using a Framing calculator, For some of us it makes it more complicated, but thank you for sharing great information

[sfkid]

first time anyone ever showed how this works, thank you

[carolcudby]

Thank you for uploading your very clear demonstration relating to building a lean to/skillion design roof.
Really clear and very easy to follow your informative video related to especially important factors related to building the lean to .
Most appreciated.
Thanks

[BurtReynoldstash]

Just what information I was after for a learn to wood shed on the side of my house.
Training up an apprentice on your video. My daughter & son love helping me out too. My 8 yr old gets a few quid for helping me, helping him learn the value of money and the effort it takes too earn it.
🤙

[frbrable]

I have the opposite problem. I know how high I want my ledger to be, and I know the rise of the roof I need. I just need to figure out the height of the wall the rafters will be running to. I'll figure it out! This helps.