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.
House step down porch roof framing.
All wood to be 2 douglas fir or better.
You will locate as a minimum one column on each end at least 3 inches in from the corners and one every 6 to 10 feet apart.
Porch depth footing size beam size max beam span rafter size post size 10ft 18 sq x 1 d 4x8 10ft 2x6 24 o c.
12ft 2 sq x 1 d 4x8 10ft 2x8 24 o c.
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Brace the column frame in place using l brackets and concrete screws.
From gable and shed roofs to hip and flat our information about how to build a porch roof will make the job easy.
You ll have to locate the beam underneath usually visible from each end.
All construction shall comply with international residential code 2.
Detailed guide mount the ledger header board and install the rafters.
If you have a square porch you need support columns at the two corners farthest from the house.
Framing porch roof to house a porch roof would have an energy heel gable roof the porch meets the porch its peak to your existing roof framing the roof will build a roof chalkline the roof peak is 15 20 and garages.
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Start with ledger board mounting.
You frame the roof with rafters supported at their upper ends by a horizontal ledger board attached to the exterior.
Cover the column frame with siding brick or any outdoor material that matches the exterior of your home.
Roof framing rafter layout.
How to build a porch roof properly.
Snap a chalk line on top of your porch or deck on the outside line of the beamthat supports your flooring.
A shed roof on a front porch slopes downward away from the house.
You can place the columns outside the porch area or install them on the porch deck.
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.
Measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark.
Install the support posts.