The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters.
Porch shed roof attached to brick.
Shed roofs project as a single plane roof pitched away from the house.
A 4 12 pitch roof is attached to the roof of your house.
This design is more suitable for smaller houses.
Flash the whole thing angle as well since leaking through the angle is too common.
Acquire any necessary building permits before starting work.
The plan costs 70 and the cost to build for a 12 ft.
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.
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.
The gable portion accentuates the entrance to the home.
Then it becomes easier to support the remaining brick wall between the windows with angles remove 4 5 courses of brick and attach your ledger to the studs.
My company builds about 25 porches a year and in this article i ll describe how we approach the design and construction of their roofs.
To follow the roof slope your porch roof may have to go up to the window sills.
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Screened porch with a shed roof.
How to attach a porch roof to a house.
The nets make it an insect free zone which is live saving during hot summer nights.
Check your local building codes before beginning construction.
If you have a square porch you need.
The roof framing itself in this situation is much like any other traditional.
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.
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When the roof of an addition garage porch or patio meets a brick wall the intersection creates a number of concerns.
The open porch below has a combination shed gable roof.