How To Attach Lean To Roof To Wall

When attaching ledger board to an existing wall install proper flashing when required.

How to attach lean to roof to wall. Use right size of rafters and headers. The birdsmouth should overlap at the pitch when the panels and wide and attach to the greenhouse is ideal if the ceiling line and the original siding on the structural screw through the outside wall of the rafters stop into the. On a two story house you can usually tie the ledger into a band joist also called a rim joist located between the floors as shown below. Attaching below the ridge.

This is what i m use to seeing. To attach a wooden nailer to a metal sided building use a self drilling screw with sufficient threads to hold the nailer tightly. Ledger should be fastened directly siding removed to the wall studs ledger using min of d lag bolt in combination with fender washers. Fasten the nailer to the side of your existing building where you will attach the upper end of your rafters.

Determine where the lean to will be attached to the existing building. Once the ledger is attached you can start working on the post footing. The preferred spot would place the lean to under the overhanging. For shingles or 24 o c.

How to attach a lean to to an existing metal building. Space rafters either 16 o c. Cut out a notch on the top of your posts as shown in the image above. Cut the 6 inch thick lumber into blocks that run the length of the lean to.

If attaching a patio roof to a ledger beneath the eaves does not allow for enough headroom you can set the new patio roof s rafters on the wall s top plate. Next place the supporting posts into the notches. Design lean to roof per your local building codes. This is where the supporting post will rest.

If possible nail through the siding into the building s framing members.