Fastening to masonry walls.
Shed roof ledger board.
Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to support the ledger.
Locate a position for a header or ledger board.
When a shed roof intersects a wall a ledger board attached to.
You can use common rafters on any shed roof but they make the most sense when constructing a gable roof or lean to type shed roof where they can sit on or attach to top plates of a wall.
This roof looks like floating since it is only supported by a post and the wall of the house.
The opposite side of the porch roof will be supported by a header beam that is.
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.
Drill holes for the expanding anchors every 16 inches or as specified by local codes insert the anchors hold the ledger in place and tap it with a hammer to indent the anchor locations on its back face.
Shed roof a shed roof slopes in one direction only.
Lean to rafters then connect to a ledger board against a wall of another shed or house.
Easy rafters is designed to calculate shed roofs that are framed to a ledger board nailed against a vertical wall not freestanding shed roofs supported by walls at both ends.
And so do the post and the frame of the ceiling.
Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof.
The minimalist concept just like any other modern houses is what it is all about.
This patio roof gives a modern touch to your house.
Add decking atop the roof and nail on metal flashing where the shed roof joins the existing roof.
Make it the full width of the porch or slightly wider depending on your porch design.
Fit rafter board into the u shaped hangers and nail it in place.
Install shed rafters from the ledger board to the outer wall using metal rafter hangers which attach to the ledger board with screws or nails.
The tongue and groove ceiling complements the wooden fence very well.
Shed roofs project as a single plane roof pitched away from the house.
Ledger should be fastened directly siding removed to.