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Walls

Framing a wall flat and standing it up: plates, studs, and the header over a door. Each step here is one of a guide’s, built by HausCrafter.

8 × 8 ft shed with a shed roof, step 3

Frame the walls and stand them up

The 8 × 8 ft shed with a shed roof as it stands at the end of step 3
7 ft 11 in7 ft 10 in10 ft 1 in
  1. Frame each wall flat on the floor: a sole plate, a top plate, and studs 16 in on centre between them, 43 studs in all. Stand it, plumb it and nail its sole plate down through the subfloor.
  2. The east wall is the high one. It stands 1 ft 10 1/4 in higher than the west, on a short wall framed over its plate, and the two end walls are framed up to the slope between them.
  3. Frame the doors’ opening 5 ft wide: a jack stud each side under a header, 2 jacks and 3 header pieces.
  4. Nail a second top plate over the first, lapping it over the corners to tie the walls together.
CutPieceSizeLength
43stud2×45 13/16 in to 7 ft 9 1/2 in
3sole plate2×47 ft 7 in
1sole plate2×41 ft 5 1/4 in
1sole plate2×41 ft 1 3/4 in
8top plate2×47 ft 7 in
2top plate2×47 ft 5 1/4 in
1top plate2×47 ft 3 1/2 in
2jack stud2×46 ft 7 in
2header2×45 ft 3 in
1header1/2 × 3 1/2 in5 ft 3 in

Building along? Ask about a step in Discussion, and when yours stands, show it in Builds and projects.