How To Build A Shed Roof Patio Cover

Make the patio roof a little bit higher.

How to build a shed roof patio cover.

Because the gutter is removed you will need to install transfer flashing from the roof of the house to the patio. Patio cover plans building. Therefore select the location and level the surface with attention. The first step of the project is to layout the patio cover posts.

Make sure you remove the vegetation layer and even out the surface. When you are building a patio cover off of an existing roof or wall you must take all of your measurements from the point at which the patio roof will attach to the existing structure not the outside of the slab. 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. 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.

It is almost similar to the first method but to make the patio roof a little bit higher you will need to remove the house gutter and place the back channel a bit higher. The chain of load distribution begins at the roof covering material which exerts force on the cover s ceiling joists. This meant the patio cover could start at the edge of the house s roof at a height of eight feet and slope down to seven feet leaving a clearance of more than six and a half feet between the lowest part of the frame s headers and the ground at its outer edge. Use batter boards and string to layout the location of the legs.

Using corrugated metal also allows me to reduce the degree of slope or roof pitch needed to a mere 10 percent or a 1 to 10 pitch. The existing slab can vary considerably throwing off crucial measurements.