Old Roof Fence Around The Top

Learn how to build a zig zag rail fence around all sorts of obstacles and on uneven terrain.

Old roof fence around the top.

It s patterned after the old style split rail fence. Capital cresting provides cresting with brackets that work on not only standard pitch roof ridges with and without venting but also with flat roofs where the cresting is. Buck and rail fence. You don t need a pitched roof to display a run of decorative spears and spikes.

To square the fence line to the house you ll mark off a right triangle extending from the foundation. I designed the roof horozontally instead of the usual framing methods because the 6 fence panels run vertically over the three joists. Some say that there s no obligation for a slanted roof. Fences for the roof top.

Sink one stake for the triangle s corner where the first post will go and a second one 3 feet away along the foundation. A building used for storage or animals doesn t require a fence on the roof. Tie a mason line to the first stake stretch it taut roughly perpendicular to the house and mark it 4 feet from the stake. I laid all of the wood on the ground to make the frame for the front and the back.

The kennel was about 12 so to be on the safe side i used a 2x6x10 for the spacing on the front.