Sheathing 12/12 roof tips NE1?

[RayN]

Well my little building is going up fairly smoothly;  but setting the roof ridgebeam and end rafters was pretty scarry,  I'm hoping filling in the remaining rafters will be less of a challenge.

How am I going to get the roof sheating on?  Before I risk some scary moments and guilltining the flora and fauna around the building site can anyone give me some tips?

[Micky]

We put up our sheathing from the inside.  This involved lots hanging upside down to do the nailing, but I felt fairly safe.

We were able to do the first couple of rows off the of the loft floor.  Then a step ladder off the loft floor.  Finally we had to build a temporary third floor by nailing some 2x6s across the rafters.

I also put the roofing paper up at the same time.

The last board was a little more tricky.  This involved a hanging from a rope on the outside of the roof.

photos.yahoo.com/merritt000

[kev_alaska]

without knowing how high your first row is, what we did was put the first row on via the loft and a ladder from below. Same for the second row. Where there was no loft, we had a big stepladder to reach the topside of the rafters. After two rows, we nailed a two by four about 5' from the edge and used it to brace our feet on to lean against the remainder of the roofing. We did use a rope thrown over the off side of the roof for a Bosun's chair. We anchored it off to the off side pier...We started from the loft end to make sure we got a square start. Same trick for the roofing paper. Metal roofing went on with a long extension ladder extended out to lay flat in the roof. Use the upper section of the ladder just like a walkway. Predrilled the screw holes and used a second ladder to access the roof.

[rdzone]

Micky nice photos!  Do you have any of the interior finished?

[Micky]

rdzone,

I wish.  I finished framing the interior walls last weekend.  Now for electrical and plumbing....

I will post more pictures when I get somewhere.

[peg_688]

  Rent these at your local rent it center.

  

   Qual-Craft 2500Q Roofing Bracket Adjustable to 10° Pitch - 10" Platform
  

   Pretty poor picture , sort of shows the jack upside down.    

  Nail your first row of sheeting on either from a ladder or the stick it out from inside method.

  Once the first row is in place you nail thru the sheeting into a rafter thru the holes in the jack. Once they are in place a 2x6 rests on the jack and you have a safe way to sheet your roof .

  Once to the top pull jacks and bang the nails in, use the slotted holes and you can bang up on the bottom of the jack to release it ,  nails roll out your felt , 1st layer, shingle over it then , use the roof jacks slid under the bottom of the shingles.  Again that is ladder work , or you could build a site built staging to work off , or check with your rental center they may have pump jacks or wall brackets availble to rent.

If your using metal roofing the roof jacks won't help much , or at all.

  Good luck, how ever you do