Adding a roof to your porch provides you and your porch with much needed protection from the sun wind rain snow and ice.
How to attach a porch roof to an existing roof.
Based on the size of the new addition that you wish to have to cover the porch area attach a valley board by nailing it down on the existing roof.
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.
The patio is essentially unusable on a sunny afternoon in the summer.
The use of valley board to nail down rafter in porch roof addition design.
You just need some assistances of experts if you are not really good at carpentry.
Attaching below the ridge.
This video looks at a couple of design options including attaching the roof ledger below that of the existing eaves and setting the patio roof atop the existing roof.
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Existing patio is outside the dining room on the west side of the house.
In the case of a lean to roof over an addition the existing rafters will have to be cut away to accommodate the addition and the shed roof will require support where.
However you must ensure the new porch roof matches with your existing roof seamlessly to enjoy these benefits.
Before attaching a patio roof to your home you need to prepare some materials such as.