If necessary use a sliding bevel to determine angles needed where the rafters will meet the ledger board.
Attach an awning ledger board to a house.
Attaching a deck ledger securely is only half the work of installing a ledger.
Locating and mounting the ledger is normally a fairly easy process.
A ledger relies on the fasteners and strength of the wood ledger board and rim board of the house to carry the deck live and dead loads.
Because a ledger board is very heavy and hard to work with you need to drive framing nails 16 penny or screws every two feet to temporarily attach the ledger.
Attaching a patio roof to an existing house is not a doddle but it does not mean that you cannot do it.
You just need some assistances of experts if you are not really good at carpentry.
A common element in adding porch roofs is fastening one end to the house either to a wall or to a roof.
In our example one of the ledger boards extends past the house.
A house attached patio roof takes advantage of the house s structure by supporting one end of the roof on a ledger mounted horizontally to the house.
Rafters are placed on 24 centers and attached to the beams and settle joists are attached as needed image 1.
Before attaching a patio roof to your home you need to prepare some materials such as.
The ledger should be attached.
Some steps on how to attach a patio roof to an existing house.
The complexity of the job will vary with the size of roof from a simple entryway covering to one over a large screened in area.
That usually is done with a header or ledger board secured to the house.