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a simple playhouse/storage building for my son amd myself respectively, and would like to know if anyone could give me some tips on the easiest to do. I am a little savvy in the carpentry aspect of SIMPLE things, for exmple, studs 2*4, sheetrocking, but one problem I have is roofing and how to connect the walls. I would like to use regular ole pine studs and use 3/4" plywood for the floor. The walls on the outside will be easy---just some siding. I plan on insulating with 18" insulation(rolls) and then sheet rocking. Yes, tape and floating also. I helped my dad(rip) many years when I was a kid with this stuff but he always had the walls up and concrete floors all I had to do was insulate and sheetrock...any advice would be greatly appreciated....have a good one

Answer 1

if you use 2x4 s for the floor your building shouldnt be wider than 8' so 8' x 10 ' is probably a good size -- if your going to put your money into the project and do it yourself then build something other than just basic if possible --- costs are close to the same -- but the finish product is more satisfying -- when you say simple i chuckle -- always sounds simple --- lol -- i will create a list of materials below for a 8'x10' shed playhouse --
floor
2- 2x4x10' plates
12-2x4x8' joists 16" on center
3-4'x8'x3/4" plywood
walls
6-2x4x10' top & bottom plates for longer walls
6-2x4x8' top & bottom plates for shorter walls
30- 2x4x 92 1/4" studs 16" on center
12-4x8x1/2" siding
roof
1-2x6x12' ridge
30-2x4x8' rafters & joists
6-4x8x1/2" plywood
drywall
12-4x8x1/2" walls
you will still need a door and possibly a window
you will have 2 top plates that allow you to connect the corners by letting one over lap the other at the corners --
i also found a couple of cool sites for this project ill post them below

Answer 2

Sounds like you've done some of this before, but never been in on the roof part. Well, roofs aren't that tough, especially if you're just building something small. Build four simple 2x4 walls, of whatever height you feel is necessary to accomodate the stuff you're going to store, or the amount of room your son will need for a play house. You can position the doors and windows whereever you want, remembering that this isn't a house and you probably won't have to worry much about stress joints and load bearing walls, etc., etc. Once the walls are built and up and screwed together, you can set up a sheet of plywood on a couple of sawhorses and make a pattern for the roof. You probably won't need a TRUSS, so to speak, but the shape will be the same, a simple triangle. You can use whatever pitch you like, but if you live in a seasonal climate area, a fairly steep roof, will shed rain and snow faster than a lower pitch. Figure the width of the building, allow a suitable distance for overhang, so the resulting water flow doesn't just run down the side of the building and lay out the bottom 2x4 on the plywood. Find the center of that joist, then measure up whatever distance looks good and make a mark up from the center point. Connect that point with the ends of the joist and that's your first roof section. It should all be pretty much self explanatory from there. Enjoy.