How To Build A Slanted Metal Porch Roof

Notice that the tops of the 6x6 support posts are notched to hold the header beam.

How to build a slanted metal porch roof.

Place the first screw. At the first stage the mauerlat is installed. Use thru bolts for a solid and strong connection. Measure the size of the beam that you are going to use.

I show how i construct it showning in detail how to do the lead flashing. Install the 2 2x10 header beams to the notched 6x6 support posts. Using lag bolts and a screwdriver fasten the base of the posts to the ground. Align the first metal roofing panel so that it overlaps the edging by 1 2 to 3 4 of an inch and is square to the roof.

Be sure the larger edge is laid so that the small edge of the next panel will overlap it. In the lower end of the rafter leg cut out. This meant the patio cover could start at the edge of the house s roof at a height of eight feet and slope down to seven feet leaving a clearance of more than six and a half feet between the lowest part of the frame s headers and the ground at its outer edge. Significantly cheaper to build than a gable or multi slope roof since there s less material in the roof.

Install temporary bracing to keep the support posts level and in place. Basically a slanted roof style is a flat roof tilted high up at one edge to create a very steep slope. For their forming take a pine board with a thickness of 2 inches. You can either remove the eave or just keep it.

This is part two of the porch build where i am doing the roof. Install the header beam. Mauerlat must be. You have to make.

Install the roofing screws vertically along each rib in the panel.