5 Best Of How To Add A Roof Over A Porch HD Image Size. Lay out your rafters. Before you begin make sure youre matching the house roof pitch angle and overhang for your roof.
On center along the ledger board. Typical decks are designed to support 55 PSF lbs per square foot. The open front porch below has a combination roof.
The ledger board attached to your house that supports one end of your roof rafters is the first.
Take a look at our step-by-step guide for building a shed roof over your existing deck. These are used to attach the support posts to the frame of the deck. Whenever I install decking over a roof I make sure the framing is structurally sound and properly pitched to drain water. We look forward.