The open porch below has a combination shed gable roof.
Porch shed roof attached to brick.
Shed roofs project as a single plane roof pitched away from the house.
The gable portion accentuates the entrance to the home.
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The roof framing itself in this situation is much like any other traditional.
A 4 12 pitch roof is attached to the roof of your house.
The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters.
The nets make it an insect free zone which is live saving during hot summer nights.
To follow the roof slope your porch roof may have to go up to the window sills.
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.
How to attach a porch roof to a house.
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.
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.
Flash the whole thing angle as well since leaking through the angle is too common.
This design is more suitable for smaller houses.
Acquire any necessary building permits before starting work.
The plan costs 70 and the cost to build for a 12 ft.
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.
Build support columns to help support the weight of your porch roof.
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Screened porch with a shed roof.
Screened porch with shed roof is 13 000.
Porch roofs however are quite different from what deck builders normally encounter and roof types structural aspects and framing details can vary widely with each porch project.
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.