How To Repair An Exising Roof Top Porch

There are two classic join patterns.

How to repair an exising roof top porch. Brace the existing porch roof if necessary. Make a cutting on one of the sides of the horizontal roof beam on an angle. As expected once the framing beneath the porch was exposed the men discovered that it was completely shot. Installation requires existing deck posts or walls for attaching the screen frames.

Draw a line around the column about 2 inches above the rotted area and install a temporary brace under the deck porch or roof. Here i show how to get the design right. It s not really flat. Repairing porch corners on a porch with changes of direction for example on a verandah that turns a corner and continues on a second side of the house cut the boards where they meet along a diagonal.

This wooden deck was built over her screen porch and on top of a flat roof. However they found some good news too. Attach the horizontal beam by using a nail gun. The views however are often better from the porch roof.

Years of neglect and lack of gutter coverage above the deck had destroyed not only the deck but a window and the sidewall as well. In decking over a roof fhb 246 emanuel silva shows how to build such a structure. Here s what to do. If built properly the porch structure is substantial enough to support outdoor living space above so why not take advantage of it and build a rooftop deck.

It s pitched 1 4 inch per foot but without a spirit level you can t really tell. Many wooden front porches are connected to the wall of the house at the roof line so if the porch will retain its original roof brace the roof. Miter joints shown at top and herringbone joints bottom. After that to make it flush with the roof of the existing house cut the two outer rafters.

To safely install a roof deck the roof needs to be able to support about 55 pounds of weight per square foot in general. Costs increase substantially when additional construction is necessary such as the need to build a roof over an. You have to do it thoroughly so that the rafters sit flush on it.