We show you the steps involved and calculations required for buildng a roof for your porch or constructing one over your deck or patio.
Framing covered porch roof.
If you have a square porch you need support columns at the two corners farthest from the house.
All construction shall comply with international residential code 2.
Cover the column frame with siding brick or any outdoor.
Bob helps contractor bob ryley begin work on constructing the covered porch.
My original plan was to use 6 x6 pt columns to support both the deck and roof.
We show you how both a typical rafter style porch and truss roof area constructed.
When you build the porch cover consider expanding the roof beyond the porch decking into the side yard to create a carport.
The posts will be attached to the slab using.
All wood to be 2 douglas fir or better.
Using two inch by four inch studs build a frame for columns that stand from the porch floor to the soon to be built roof.
Building a patio cover a free standing example.
The new patio cover will be built using western red cedar 4x6 posts 4x6 beams and 2x6 rafters of course you can use pressure treated pine redwood or any other suitable framing material to build your patio.
Your roof may vary from this and the details of how the porch ties in will vary as well.
The roof will be constructed using multi core galvalume metal roofing.
Brace the column frame in place using l brackets and concrete screws.
I ve been asked to frame a covered porch and am a bit conflicted on how best to frame up the posts columns that support the deck and roof.
12ft 2 sq x 1 d 4x8 10ft 2x8 24 o c.
This includes a material cost of 11 to 70 per square foot and 12 to 40 per square foot in labor.
These illustrations above show the plans for the screened in porch deck framing gable framing ledger truss block side walls and the end wall.
The cost to build a 200 square foot covered porch ranges from 4 600 to 22 000 or 10 500 on average you can expect to pay 23 to 110 per square foot the total includes flooring steps posts railing roofing and more.
Porch depth footing size beam size max beam span rafter size post size 10ft 18 sq x 1 d 4x8 10ft 2x6 24 o c.
You can turn the porch into a family gathering area at certain times of day by placing a tv on a shelf area.
Per foot this is called a 5 12 slope and extended 18 in.
This is farmers porch that s about 6 wide wood framed deck and overhead roof system attached to the front of a colonial.
The house roof sloped 5 in.