Cut and pitch your own loft conversion or extension roof.. it’s really not that hard!

Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль

Cut and pitching the roof on this double storey extension 🏠
We’ve taken on building the timber roof on this extension ourselves as we was let down by the carpenter.
Once you’ve got your head round the angles and setting out it’s not that hard if you’ve dabbled in cutting and pitching roofs before.
All you need is badic carpentry skills and some badic tools and you can too try your hand at building and roofing.
The rafters are 6”x2”
The ridge Is 9”x3”
The hips are 8”x2”
We’ve got some other Timbers still to Install but we’ll cover this In the next video.
Tools needed was:
Roofing square
Sliding bevel
Hand saw
Circular saw
Tape measure
String line
Spirit level
Nail gun.
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Пікірлер: 41

  • @gdfggggg
    @gdfggggg Жыл бұрын

    I’ve done quite a few of these in my time. Watched someone do one and went from there. Problem is I’ll do something like that every 5yrs so next time round I forget everything. I remember finding the hip height a bit of a challenge but once they’re in the rest was a piece of cake. Good job.

  • @extendaspace-constructionc821

    @extendaspace-constructionc821

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate 👍👍

  • @RMMaryport
    @RMMaryport Жыл бұрын

    That pitch looks different to existing roof

  • @phillipkelly233
    @phillipkelly2338 ай бұрын

    That explains it... couple of bricklayers 😂

  • @extendaspace-constructionc821

    @extendaspace-constructionc821

    8 ай бұрын

    Come on Phillip your better than that…

  • @TheManchesterCarper
    @TheManchesterCarper6 ай бұрын

    Lots of negative comments but you do learn on the job. I’d recommend working of detailed drawings and checking the pitches All round. Incorporate dragon ties always and bolt the ceiling joists to the rafters at the bottom as standard. Building inspection can help but should not be relied on and a decent structural engineer can offer a specification to work to. 👍

  • @WombleUK
    @WombleUK7 ай бұрын

    What area in the UK are you guys? In my area (West Herts been Chippy for 37yrs) most building inspectors won't let you infill with cripple rafters on top of the existing hip rafters (unless it's a porch type roof) & insist the existing roof is stripped back to the existing common rafters removing all the existing hips & hip rafters & replacing with new commons or cripples depending on if its a valley or straight roof run. This is when the new roof is running in line though & not when the new extension roof is lower & then obviously it's lay boards.

  • @SpaceFlightApparel
    @SpaceFlightApparel5 ай бұрын

    nice

  • @starofdavid9919
    @starofdavid99197 ай бұрын

    Should have shortened the ridge to marry with the existing pitches, more Symmetrical and a stronger roof, joist hangers and truss clips are not expensive.

  • @RafterSkills
    @RafterSkills10 ай бұрын

    Good stuff 👍

  • @ABB-bw6tc
    @ABB-bw6tc7 ай бұрын

    Lovely and level brilliant

  • @centexan
    @centexan6 ай бұрын

    Where the rafters meet brick seems a bit odd.

  • @ABB-bw6tc
    @ABB-bw6tc7 ай бұрын

    I like it a lot

  • @adriancarter7393
    @adriancarter73938 ай бұрын

    Hope ya brick work is better.!!! Leave the roofs to a roofing chippy.

  • @extendaspace-constructionc821

    @extendaspace-constructionc821

    8 ай бұрын

    Adrian.. I’m not gonna say I’m not hurt by your comment but I sure we can overcome this negativity 😘

  • @richardwoods9782
    @richardwoods97827 ай бұрын

    Yeah hand cutting a roof is a piece of piss thats why it takes us years of training years of experience an you turn up with a pazlode and a hatchet crack on lads im sure the customer will pay the bill 😂

  • @jimjones5860
    @jimjones58608 ай бұрын

    bricklayers shouldnt play with thing they dont understand, the roof is wrong ,rip it off

  • @extendaspace-constructionc821

    @extendaspace-constructionc821

    8 ай бұрын

    Calm down Jim u Turkey

  • @sigmundsound

    @sigmundsound

    8 ай бұрын

    Like you and words?

  • @ABB-bw6tc

    @ABB-bw6tc

    7 ай бұрын

    Brilliant roof 😊

  • @thomasschafer7268

    @thomasschafer7268

    7 ай бұрын

    😅😅absolut rückständig. Doch erstmal die balkenlage zu schalen. Und mit dem fuchsschwanz. Wie 2005 in Skandinavien . Kein richtiger pfosten unter dem gradpunkt!! Was seid Ihr? Keine Zimmerleute!!!👎👎🇩🇪

  • @HarinderSingh-pz9yi
    @HarinderSingh-pz9yi8 ай бұрын

    Looks great lads, can you tell me how to work out the bevel angle for the jacks?

  • @ivanzucconi

    @ivanzucconi

    7 ай бұрын

    No one answered back to you cos they do not know...😂 easy answer: mark your jack rafters length on the right or left side (depending which side of the hip you working.). On that length mark, mark the rafter side with the pitch of the roof then adjust the circular saw angle with the angle of which the hip sit in to the build (not the pitch, the horizontal angle). Cut following the mark. Job done

  • @HarinderSingh-pz9yi

    @HarinderSingh-pz9yi

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks Ivan super useful

  • @delboy7928

    @delboy7928

    6 ай бұрын

    Compound mitres

  • @skutterbuster666
    @skutterbuster6669 ай бұрын

    Been there, done that Looks pretty good apart from the rafter ends....i dont understand why you have cut the ends level with the brick work at the end Leaves no flat face for fascia and not enough room for soffit...unless yiou nail timber on the bottoms, which the whole process is a waste of time

  • @MrBez007
    @MrBez007Ай бұрын

    Dont mention your a brickie, joiners hate the fact they cant use a trowel but you can use a saw 😂

  • @extendaspace-constructionc821

    @extendaspace-constructionc821

    Ай бұрын

    Mate I know.. 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @iainhair6888
    @iainhair68886 ай бұрын

    Did you need to get that roof design agreed and signed off by a structural engineer and building control , or was it just made up on site ??

  • @extendaspace-constructionc821

    @extendaspace-constructionc821

    6 ай бұрын

    Hi.. yes we had to go to planning, then we built it to the spec of the architect and structural engineer, then we got it signed off by local building control after they inspected the build as we built it. 👍

  • @willknight9964
    @willknight9964 Жыл бұрын

    Where the next part

  • @extendaspace-constructionc821

    @extendaspace-constructionc821

    Жыл бұрын

    Next week mate 😂

  • @muhammedrob6823
    @muhammedrob6823 Жыл бұрын

    How much does a roof like that cost

  • @v1e1r1g1e1

    @v1e1r1g1e1

    Жыл бұрын

    Think of a price... then double it. If you're using certified builders... times it by 10.

  • @skutterbuster666

    @skutterbuster666

    9 ай бұрын

    just for the timbers and labour...your looking at least 6-7k then add breathable membrane/felt, tiles, more labour....probably about 10-12k

  • @asaautomotive2764

    @asaautomotive2764

    6 ай бұрын

    @@skutterbuster666then triple your end value

  • @NickBFTD
    @NickBFTD Жыл бұрын

    You only have 8 minutes to pitch that roof but you waste the first minute pointing.

  • @baz3736
    @baz37363 ай бұрын

    Roof looks like a church pitch… terrible doesn’t match the existing.. if you were a good carpenter you would know that’s a massive no no….. cmon boys stick to buttering bricks 🧱 where you can be rough…. Not building frames tiss tiss

  • @extendaspace-constructionc821

    @extendaspace-constructionc821

    3 ай бұрын

    Shut up baz you turkey.. it’s the same pitch/angle as the existing roof.. mind your own you 🔔 end