As you can see the truss angles are constructed to maintain the same slope.
Framing porch roof band board.
As long as you have the right tools building this addition is simple.
The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters.
Using two inch by four inch studs build a frame for columns that stand from the porch floor to the soon to be built roof.
Install the fascia board on this frame and nail it accurately.
Use plywood to insulate your porch roof.
Brace the column frame in place using l brackets and concrete screws.
This will the first point of the rafter measurement line.
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Most hand framed porch rafters are installed at 16 on center along the ledger board.
Porch roof construction includes not only porch roof construction types and designs but also the selection of materials and considerations you ll need to build your roof.
A house attached patio roof takes advantage of the house s structure by supporting one end of the roof on a ledger mounted horizontally to the house.
If you have an open porch then building a porch roof addition can make the space even more useful.
Step 1 evaluating.
Roof framing rafter layout.
Put it between fascia board and roofing material and fix with nails.
From gable and shed roofs to hip and flat our information about how to build a porch roof will make the job easy.
Next soffit framing is installed along the roofs edge.
From one end of the rafter material using a speed square or framing square mark an x in 12 angle on the rafter and cut it.
Together the beams will make a frame.
If you have a square porch you need support columns at the two corners farthest from the house.
First of all fasten the beams to the rafters from one side and support posts from the other side.
Patio roof connects to a ledger that firmly attaches to house framing.
Bob confers with contractor larry landers as landers and his crew assemble the front porch framework on the wayland project house.
Measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark.
Cover the column frame with siding brick or any outdoor material that matches the exterior of your home.
Step 3 buy lag bolts long enough to go through the header board and into the studs or trusses by at least 1 1 2 inches lag bolts have a bolt head and a pointed screw end.