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In this video I want to give you some tips on how to build the basic frame of
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the roof for the chicken house. It's really not very complicated and I
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haven't included any difficult joinery, but you'll have the best start if
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you understand what's going on here. So first take a look down here and you'll
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see that the frame of the roof is made of two layers of 5 8th inch thick fence
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boards. And the reason it's two layers is to simplify the joinery where parts
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connect with each other. So by using the double layer and staggering the
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parts, like this piece is longer here than this piece, it automatically creates
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a lap joint where the long bottom of the side, in this case the long roof side, the
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long roof frame side, can join with this. So these corners are overlapping. They
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overlap in all four corners and then here in the middle as well with this
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roof frame middle piece. So it's just a matter of cutting the wood to the right
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length using glue and then joining the parts with 1 1⁄4 inch long
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deck screws. 1 1⁄4 inches is the thickness of these two pieces of
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wood together. And if you happen to over drive some of the screws from the
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bottom and there's a little point that shows through in the top, that's no big
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deal. A second or two with a belt sander will remove that point of metal and
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you'll have as solid a grip of the screw as you can with these joints. So that's
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how the frame works. It's pretty simple. You'll find that it's easiest to build
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this thing, the roof frame, on a flat surface. So a garage floor, workshop floor
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something like that. Now before you build it though, just double-check the overall
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dimensions of your house. So the the roof frame needs to be large enough that it
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spans from this side of the house to this side of the house, including all the
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trim that's going to go on on those sides. So the roof frame should be about
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one inch wider than the overall width of the house so that there's clearance
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Clearance between these these edge pieces, which I'll explain in another video. Clearance between them, because there's edge pieces here on the side
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there will be as well, as this edge piece down here. There's clearance, enough
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clearance, so that the lid can close easily and reliably without rubbing up
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against the sides of the house. The lid, when it's completed, kind of caps
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everything. It's got this frame here and then it's got these edge pieces that go
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down over the top edges of the house
