# How do i build a roof?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-build-a-roof/2872>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [August 29, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-build-a-roof/2872 "2013-08-29T23:17:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-build-a-roof/2872/1 "2013-08-29T23:17:30Z")

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so i just found out the hard way that turrets melt in acid rain, and now my base in my LMOE shelter is undefended. how do i build a roof? i have all the equipment and materials i need, but the game insists that i can’t build there.

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**Author:** ![Weyrling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@Weyrling](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Weyrling)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-build-a-roof/2872/2 "2013-08-29T23:25:12Z")

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I haven’t built anything other than vehicles in awhile but from what I remember, you must have walls or other roofs in two cardinal directions from the square.  
Basically, start in a corner and expand it along the walls row by row.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-build-a-roof/2872/3 "2013-08-30T01:01:17Z")

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dang, i guess it’s going to be hard to build little guard shacks for my turrets, unless i can use palisade walls? or does it have to be a regular or log wall?

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**Author:** ![Weyrling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@Weyrling](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Weyrling)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-build-a-roof/2872/4 "2013-08-30T01:07:33Z")

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Palisade walls work fine.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-build-a-roof/2872/5 "2013-08-30T01:33:59Z")

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😃