How To Attach Gable Porch Roof To House

The porch roof may match the pitch of your home or have a more shallow roof pitch.

How to attach gable porch roof to house.

That usually is done with a header or ledger board secured to the house. The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters. Step 1 position the porch truss. Secure the truss that is closest to the house first with nails on both sides.

Use screws to secure the rafter to the sill plate. A common element in adding porch roofs is fastening one end to the house either to a wall or to a roof. The positioning of your rafters will depend on the pitch of the porch roof. Start nailing the ridge board to the gable roof.

Joist hangers can help you mount each rafter to the house. If you decide on a shallow pitch porch roof use 2 by 6 foot rafters. The complexity of the job will vary with the size of roof from a simple entryway covering to one over a large screened in area. Extend a cord or line on the level from the truss s peak to the roof line s highest peak.

Position and secure the gable porch truss flat against the top plate of the porch s end.