Because a ledger board is very heavy and hard to work with you need to drive framing nails 16 penny or screws every two feet to temporarily attach the ledger.
Attach an awning ledger board to a house.
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.
The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters.
In our example one of the ledger boards extends past the house.
A ledger relies on the fasteners and strength of the wood ledger board and rim board of the house to carry the deck live and dead loads.
Some steps on how to attach a patio roof to an existing house.
Attaching a patio roof to an existing house is not a doddle but it does not mean that you cannot do it.
Rafters are placed on 24 centers and attached to the beams and settle joists are attached as needed image 1.
That usually is done with a header or ledger board secured to the house.
Attach 2x6 rafters to the house with joist hangers and or supported by the ledger board.
Before attaching a patio roof to your home you need to prepare some materials such as.
You just need some assistances of experts if you are not really good at carpentry.
A common element in adding porch roofs is fastening one end to the house either to a wall or to a roof.
Locating and mounting the ledger is normally a fairly easy process.
Attaching a deck ledger securely is only half the work of installing a ledger.
Most house framing relies on building elements floors walls roofs being stacked one atop another.