On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:46:07 -0500, Woody wrote:

I have been searching the web for plans to build a shed for storing
lumber that is attached to the outside back wall of my two car garage
without success. The back wall of the garage is thirty feet wide and
I want to tuck the roof of the shed under the existing soffit of the
garage roof which is eight feet tall. My dilemma is how to attach the
shed roof rafters to the garage wall. Any help would be appreciated.

While I didn't do it for wood storage, I do have a small "shed"
mounted to the back of my shop that holds my compressor and dust
collector and is maybe 8x6 or so. You didn't say how your existing
garage rafters are set up, if it's just rafters and a soffit, wouldn't
it be possible to bolt the extension rafters to the existing rafters?
I wouldn't assume the new shed is going to be that large or that the
roof would be carrying a lot of weight, would it? My shop has a flat
roof with no exposed rafters so I couldn't do it like that.

Make sure you check for city code, you may need a permit, they don't
tend to look kindly on people doing work without them, in fact, they
often just make you tear it all down and start over.