How To Tie In Patio Roof Under Eaves

Utilizes the roof eave as part of the patio cover allows for taller patio roof heights.

How to tie in patio roof under eaves.

If you own a one story home the best place to attach the ledger is just below the home s eaves. 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. Allowable projection clear span of cover is generally much less than wall attachment. The patio is essentially unusable on a sunny afternoon in the summer.

The back channel is connected to the rafter directly and reinforced. 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. Existing patio is outside the dining room on the west side of the house. How to attach a patio roof to an existing house.

Attaching near the eaves. You can raise the patio roof up to 500 millimeters by removing the eaves fascia and gutter. How to tie a additions roof to existing roof roof additions to existing roofs how to construct a roof from an exsisting shead how to change a roof line how to attach a deck roof to existing roof how to add a roof over porch attache porch roof on house attach shed roof to house adding a roof to screened in porch adding a roof to existing. Attaching to your fascia board.

If you own a two story home you can tie the ledger into a band joist. The up slope end of a simple shed roof that rests near the eaves of an existing roof can usually be supported by the rafters of the old roof. Find the band joist by measuring down from the 2nd story window. 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.