Mark the two points.
Roof porch ledger.
Mount the ledger header board and install the rafters start with ledger board mounting.
Opaque twin wall sheeting that is installed between the roof of the patio and the barge cap allows natural light to pass through.
Properly installing a ledger board for your deck is one of the most important structural components of building a safe and strong deck.
This connection is critical since a failure here can cause a deck to collapse.
You have to fix the header board securely to hold up a heavy roof.
Deck porch ledger boards.
Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to support the ledger.
Locate a position for a header or ledger board.
Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof.
If you are not really into natural light and want to block it you can infill the gap between the patio roof and barge cap and seal the rear opening.
Locating and mounting the ledger is normally a fairly easy process.
On this building a porch roof project a beam is placed against the ledger board and fastened to the top of the end column.
If you are tying the roof directly to a house wall you can install a ledger board with flashing and install rafter ties to attach the rafters at the appropriate angles or use engineered trusses.
Make it the full width of the porch or slightly wider depending on your porch design.
Then drive a long screw or nail up through the roof boards at the two marks.
Plumb and square the column.
The opposite side of the porch roof will be supported by a header beam that is installed parallel to the house on top of 6x6 support posts.
The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters.
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.
After the soffit boards are removed use a level to plumb up from the house wall to the underside of the roof boards in line with the outside edges of the porch.
The ledger should be attached before the foundation is built for a deck patio roof posts and other structure.