Comments on: Tree House Project: Day 10, The Roof http://daggle.com/tree-house-project-day-10-the-roof-308 Danny Sullivan's Personal Blog Wed, 23 May 2012 04:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John Allen http://daggle.com/tree-house-project-day-10-the-roof-308/comment-page-1#comment-676 John Allen Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:45:47 +0000 http://daggle.com/wordpress/?p=308#comment-676 Danny, I don't know if you are looking for input here, but your should ask the lumber yard about oriented strand board (OSB). It is current material that is used for roof decking. I an mot sure you would even need to shingle it, as my kids have a skate ramp that is several years made from some scrap OSB and it has held up in the weather even without paint . The gable roof is a big project, you get into cutting some tricky angles, you were probably better off to go with a shed design. Be sure to leave room for the tree to grow. BTW -- your tips brought me a lot of success in the late 90's, I owe you!

Danny,
I don’t know if you are looking for input here, but your should ask the lumber yard about oriented strand board (OSB). It is current material that is used for roof decking. I an mot sure you would even need to shingle it, as my kids have a skate ramp that is several years made from some scrap OSB and it has held up in the weather even without paint .
The gable roof is a big project, you get into cutting some tricky angles, you were probably better off to go with a shed design. Be sure to leave room for the tree to grow.
BTW — your tips brought me a lot of success in the late 90′s, I owe you!

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