Use roofing tacks to attach roofing felt to the sheathing making sure to overlap it 3 4 inches at the edges.
How to build gable porch roof.
For the arrangement of the gable end overhang for the standard roof you lengthen the ridge beam beyond the facade for previously verified length using cut rafters.
The roof of the house where i wanted to the porch to go is a gabled pitch and i knew i wanted the porch roof to match.
From gable and shed roofs to hip and flat our information about how to build a porch roof will make the job easy.
Then load bearing roof beams fixed to the trusses are extended in the same way.
Sandwich a piece of 1 2 inch plywood in between the boards and nail together.
Adding a porch to my house.
Nail the first boards on top of your wall where you plan to build your roof.
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.
When you nail in the second boards offset the seams of the upper and lower layers by at least 24 in 61 cm.
Use 8 penny nails to attach the first 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm board to the wall studs.
Place the header on top of the columns and secure by toe nailing.
Ensure that it is substantial.
When building a porch roof the header carries most of the weight of the roof.
Nail 5 8 inch plywood sheathing on the trusses for roof decking.
Nail 2 boards onto your walls as top plates.