How To Put A Pitched Roof On A Porch

Joist hangers can help you mount each rafter to the house.

How to put a pitched roof on a porch. Install the fascia board on this frame and nail it accurately. Use screws to secure the rafter to the sill plate. Put it between fascia board and roofing material and fix with nails. We re going to do a pitch transition or change.

Visualise your roof and evaluate different shapes this is an important step and it is worth spending some time on it. The porch roof may match the pitch of your home or have a more shallow roof pitch. I chose a pitched roof design and in this video take you through the entire job from start to finis. Position the rafters on top of the sill plate.

You ll have a steeper part of your roof turning into a lower slope so there s a steeper pitch up top and a lower pitch on the bottom. If you live with someone i also think it is important to involve your other half at this point. See exactly how i made a simple porch roof step by step. Then knock a 6 nail down through the hole and securely into the wall plate.

After that to make it flush with the roof of the existing house cut the two outer rafters. How to install metal roof informational guide for the perfect metal porch roof our how to install metal roof guide outlines the general steps that would be involved in installing a metal porch roof so you can decide if this project is within your capabilities. The traditional metal roof types such as 5v crimp shown above and corrugated are rated by the manufacturers for use down to a 3 12 pitch three inches of vertical rise for every foot of horizontal run. Use plywood to insulate your porch roof.

This is part two of the porch build where i am doing the roof. Put the rafters into position and then drill a hole through the top of the rafter in line with the middle of the wall plate see red arrow above. The positioning of your rafters will depend on the pitch of the porch roof. We need to do something where that change happens so the panels can go down and water can come off hit the lower slope and come off the roof.

You have to do it thoroughly so that the rafters sit flush on it. Together the beams will make a frame. Attach the horizontal beam by using a nail gun. First of all fasten the beams to the rafters from one side and support posts from the other side.

Also sidespike 4 ovals into either side of the rafter again into the top of the wall plate blue arrow above. Metal roofs costs significantly more than traditional asphalt shingled roofs. I show how i construct it showning in detail how to do the lead flashing.