Nov 29 2014 expert advice on how to build an outdoor patio roof or gazebo with illustrated step by step instructions and construction diagrams.
Porch roof attached to wall.
Take off enough covering to expose the wall sheathing or decking and show the nails used to fasten it to studs or trusses.
Acquire any necessary building permits before starting work.
If you are tying the roof directly to a house wall you can install a ledger board with flashing and install rafter ties to attach the rafters at the appropriate angles or use engineered trusses.
For our example the front railing will be 7 out from the exterior wall.
Adding porch roof on cantilevered wall.
After creating the railings use the select objects tool to select the newly created room then click on the open object edit.
The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters.
You can cut a pocket in cantilever and slip a double to rest on the inside wall and a few columns supporting the roof over the porch area.
The ledger board in this case is essentially.
Check your local building codes before beginning construction.
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How to attach a porch roof to a house.
Locating and mounting the ledger is normally a fairly easy process.
When a shed roof intersects a wall a ledger board attached to the wall serves as a nailing surface for the ends of the rafters at their upper ends.
You can either remove the eave or just keep it.
The ledger should be attached before the foundation is built for a deck patio roof posts and other structure.
Leave the decking or sheathing in place.
Build support columns to help support the weight of your porch roof.
Measure with a tape measure from the porch floor to the height required on both sides of the porch and snap a level chalk line between those points to mark the bottom of the header.
Something like this to give you an idea.
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Next select build railing and deck railing straight railing then click and drag out three railings to create an enclosed room on the front of the structure.
The opposite side of the porch roof will be supported by a header beam that is installed parallel to the house on top of 6x6 support posts.
Measure the sightline clearance height from the roof to the house not the other way around.
To create the attached porch.
Measure the size of the beam that you are going to use.