My Pirch Roof Is To Short

Currently there are 2x4 s with braces supporting the porch roof.

My pirch roof is to short.

Each short section of flashing channels water over the shingle downhill from it. Porch roof construction includes not only porch roof construction types and designs but also the selection of materials and considerations you ll need to build your roof. The height from the cement porch to the beam above is 8 foot six inches. Our six porch columns are rotted out at the bottom and i want to replace them with apco aluminum columns.

These will be completely removed. If the gutter is lower than the bottom edge of the drip edge install flashing behind the drip edge and over the back edge of the gutter to remove the gap. Remember last week when i showed. There are a variety of porch styles and designs but make sure it compliments your house.

If its on the second floor a close color should be good enough from ground level. If the overlap is too short fix it by placing drip edge under the first row of roof shingles and be sure that the exterior edge is reaching over the gutter. From gable and shed roofs to hip and flat our information about how to build a porch roof will make the job easy. Now it s a screened in breezeway.

The beam is a 4x4 with a 2x6 fascia board if i m saying that correctly. Step flashing is used along walls that intersect the roof. But if the flashing rusts through or a piece comes loose water will run right behind it and into the house it goes. Rusted flashing needs to be replaced.

I want to use some premade aluminum column wraps i ve seen in the store but they are only 8ft long and my porch is taller by about 6 inches. Draw a line around the column about 2 inches above the rotted area and install a temporary brace under the deck porch or roof. This is the most common style of porch roof in america. If you missed the first part of this project you can click here to read it part 1 how to wrap front porch posts turn skimpy front porch posts into pretty columns but after i wrapped those columns and wrote that post i had to go back and make some pretty significant changes to the columns.

You got good info from ed and the roofing god. Porch lightings columns railings landscaping and furniture are also crucial factors to be incorporated in the design of your porch roof. However the only size sold as stock that we can afford is 8 foot. Well i had a bit of a setback with my porch column project.

I need to install two porch roof columns that will be anchored into a concrete slab porch. A leaky roof structural issues and termite damage made this porch one nail short of a total tear down. The damage often scatters especially arch types. A short course is probably the best way to and it will require removing at least 2 if not 3 courses to do it.