The positioning of your rafters will depend on the pitch of the porch roof.
How to attach a roof to a brick wall.
I was told that the brick is a softer brick when it was laid.
Joist hangers can help you mount each rafter to the house.
Flat roof and flashing against brick wall install base flashing under shingles or over metal roofing material.
The wall has many windows.
Metal roof flashing can be use to seal gaps between roof walls.
The ledger is needed to properly attach the perpendicular roof trusses to the top of the structure.
If you decide on a shallow pitch porch roof use 2 by 6 foot rafters.
These kinds of houses often have a roof that butts against a wall.
On a two story house you can usually tie the ledger into a band joist also called a rim joist located between the floors as shown below.
Attaching wood framing members to a brick wall is tricky especially if the framing will support any load as it does when a roof intersects the wall.
A ledger is a horizontal board that is attached to the top of the the wall.
I have a soft brick veneer covering my 2 story house in the northeast us built 1997.
Attaching a wood roof to a cinder block building is difficult but possible.
If the roof runs flat up against the brick wall you must install the roof side of the flashing either under the last layer of shingles or over the roof material if it is metal.
However the do it yourselfer can attach a wooden roof to cinder block with little or no training in one to two days depending on the size and scope of the project.
The porch roof may match the pitch of your home or have a more shallow roof pitch.
Metal roof flashing is a galvanized sheet metal bent at right angles with about eight to 12 inches on each side of the angle.
Follow the photo for illustrated instructions.
Use screws to secure the rafter to the sill plate.
Where the brick is a veneer over a.
If attaching a patio roof to a ledger beneath the eaves does not allow for enough headroom you can set the new patio roof s rafters on the wall s top plate.
Failure to create an attachment point will result in roof failure especially in high winds.