How To Make A Free Standing Porch Roof

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How to make a free standing porch roof.

Use the plans to customize the size and shape of the diy patio cover that you need. They have to be a bit longer than the patio. The posts will be attached to the slab using. I chose a pitched roof design and in this video take you through the entire job from start to finis.

You can cut them down as needed. The roof will be constructed using multi core galvalume metal roofing. To structure the roof take your 2 6 boards. Adding a roof to a mobile home porch is easy to do and can be done with scrap wood.

These patio cover plans will show you how to tie in the roof with the existing house roof line to create a seamless look. The new patio cover will be built using western red cedar 4x6 posts 4x6 beams and 2x6 rafters of course you can use pressure treated pine redwood or any other suitable framing material to build your patio. Since they will overhang a little bit over the patio you need to make sure that you do not cut them down at the same length as the patio. Click the join button to learn more.

Corrugated metal roofing is lightweight and affordable and these free plans with show you how to build a patio cover with the roofing material. See exactly how i made a simple porch roof step by step. Memberships support our channel.