Start here if you re building a roof over a patio or deck.
How to build a hip roof over a porch.
Building a roof over a porch can be a tough job but if you have enough experience and you re able to grab a friend or two you can learn the right way by reading our step by step guide.
These steps are best used for shed or hip type roofs.
Building a porch roof building a porch roof or screened in porch roof over an existing deck or patio can be fairly straight forward or very complex depending on the type of roof you choose.
For that reason we can use the same common rafters all the way around it.
It is almost similar to the first method but to make the patio roof a little bit higher you will need to remove the house gutter and place the back channel a bit higher.
Because the gutter is removed you will need to install transfer flashing from the roof of the house to the patio.
Most porch roofs are typically shed roofs or variations of hip roofs.
Unfortunately bad weather can put a damper on that enjoyment.
From gable and shed roofs to hip and flat our information about how to build a porch roof will make the job easy.
This article discusses strategies for building over an existing slab patio or over a deck and offers links to articles about the specific tasks such as pouring the footings raising posts and so forth.
More information can be found about the shape and design features of hip roofs in wikipedia s article on hip roofs then you can return here for how to build yours.
Build a roof on your deck to enjoy your outdoor space regardless of the weather.
Make the patio roof a little bit higher.
It is basically a gable roof with half of the hipped roof above stuck on each end.
We show you how two different roofs are constructed so you will know what is involved.
The slope of a hip roof tends to be the same for all four sides.
Hipped roofs are rarely square like the example above.
The hip roof can have all four sides the same measurement or two long sides and two short sides.