How To Install Patio Roof

How to install a patio roof using corrugated metal panels installing closure strips.

How to install patio roof.

After that to make it flush with the roof of the existing house cut the two outer rafters. Installing onto a beam that mounted to the top plate of your external house frame through the roof. Work up from the initial row starting at the lower corner in a diagonal pattern staggering the shingles to prevent gaps. To install the closure strips attach the strips to the top of the blocking with galvanized.

The ledger should be attached before the foundation is built for a deck patio roof posts and other structure. Method 1 installing an awning patio roof onto existing fascia when installing the roofing to the fascia it will either go under the exiting roofs gutters or the gutters will need to be taken off and the existing roof can either be extended. Lay the starter row of metal shingles at the drip edge and affix to the roof with metal roofing nails. If you choose to attach the roof to the house you will need to install the mounting beam first using lag screws or bolts.

Make a cutting on one of the sides of the horizontal roof beam on an angle. Locating and mounting the ledger is normally a fairly easy process. Most metal shingles will be attached to the roof using metal shingle. The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters.

Once all of the closure strips are in place begin installing the corrugated roofing panels. Anchor the posts and link them with a cross bracing system or a post to post connection. Attach the horizontal beam by using a nail gun.