Agriculture Reference
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8'
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Front view of the goat pen.
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Back view of the goat pen.
7. You can use plywood to create the shed walls, securing the sheets of plywood to the braces
and corner posts with screws or nails. Tin sheeting can also be used; it often comes in 3'
wide sections by 8' long. Trimming the wall tin lengths with tin snips will be necessary.
Overlap the ridges of one sheet of tin with the ridges from the previously attached sheet of
tin to avoid gaps in your wall or roof.
8. Add the rafters on your shed. Space them no farther than 2' apart. You can use five 10'
lengths of 2×4s turned on their sides to create the appropriate length for your roof to shed
water. Add 1×4 boards across the rafters (they will run from side to side) for the roof to
attach to. Space those 1' apart from front to back. This is what the roof will attach to.
9. Whether using tin or plywood, leave the overhang at the front and back of the shed roof to
provide clearance for water runoff. This is why we used 10' boards for the rafters.
