Striking gazebo roofs can be constructed with hand cut rafters sawed roof planks wood shake shingles and a raised second roof or cupola for visual appeal and ventilation.
Gazebo roof rafters.
How to build a gazebo roof.
Designing gazebo roofs to have an uncluttered look like the one above requires special construction details.
Connects six 2x rafters at the top of a six sided gazebo use two connectors with one above and one below the rafters made from 18 gauge steel.
Rafters from splaying out the tops of the walls.
Calculate the gazebo lay out the length of the sides the length of the the center rafter and the length of the hips.
Based on the width of the gazebo and the pitch of the roof this tool automatically returns critical information.
All roof framing needs to be braced in order to neutralize the splaying forces that the rafters.
As you can notice in the image you should fit the rafters plywood sheets and asphalt shingles.
I didn t do that because i decided my carpentry skills weren t up to it.
Building the roof of the rectangular gazebo is a complex project as there are many things that you should take into account.