We show you the steps involved and calculations required for buildng a roof for your porch or constructing one over your deck or patio.
How to build a porch roof uk.
Remember that the location of ledger board determines the level of you porch roof so double check if it is leveled and located at the correct height.
Minor repairs had been made over the last 3 or 4 years to repair rotten chipboard.
From gable and shed roofs to hip and flat our information about how to build a porch roof will make the job easy.
In the end most of the front view of the roof had rotted away which resembled the bottom of a rabbit s cage.
See exactly how i made a simple porch roof step by step.
While some porches may be as simple as that many are more similar to an indoor room that is missing windows and walls.
The cost of a pitched roof is normally around 50 to 70 per square.
Once you have decided on the design of the roof it becomes quite easy to build the roof.
Detailed guide mount the ledger header board and install the rafters.
There are several roof designs to choose from when building a new porch including.
A pitched roof is any type of roof which slopes downwards with two parts that angle in the opposite direction from the central point of the roof.
Next once you know the lengths of the rafters cut some wooden planks to size and make birdsmouth cuts in each one so.
How to build a porch roof properly.
We show you how both a typical rafter style porch and truss roof area constructed.
Plan the building steps and stages.
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.
Start with ledger board mounting.
Work from the foundation up to plan each phase.
Then enter those measurements into an online roofing calculator to determine how long each common rafter will need to be.
To build a hip roof start by measuring the width and height of the building you re putting the roof on.
This shows the existing extension fitted with a flat roof which was probably in excess of 20 years old.
Building a porch roof requires basic carpentry and porch roof framing knowledge.
Fit the porch s uppermost roofline under second story windows to allow for a margin of at least 6 inches.
List all building materials needed for the foundation framework roof.
A porch is simply a deck with a roof on it right.
Porch pitched roof cost.
You have to fix the header board securely to hold up.
Make sure the roof areas of the porch don t cover any second story window sills.