If you re building it for the first time consider building the structure with purlins at a proper distance.
How to build a shed roof patio cover.
On this guide we go through the few steps required to build a beautiful roof for you patio.
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.
Measure the size of the beam that you are going to use.
Materials 3 pieces of 6 6 lumber 8 ft 3 pieces of 6 8 lumber 12 ft 2 pieces of 2 8 lumber 12 ft 19 pieces of 2 8 lumber 10 ft 8 pieces of 1 2 plywood 4 x8 300 sq ft of tar paper 300 sq ft of asphalt shingles 2 pieces of 1 2 lumber 12 ft 1 5 8 screws 5 lag screws concrete form tube 4.
The existing slab can vary considerably throwing off crucial measurements.
You can either remove the eave or just keep it.
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.
Patio cover plans building.
Measure the sightline clearance height from the roof to the house not the other way around.
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.
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.
Using lag bolts and a screwdriver fasten the base of the posts to the ground.
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.
First of all you want to take the measurement of the roof support.
The roof will be constructed using multi core galvalume metal roofing.