Install another bracket in this position.
How to put a roof above my porch.
Stand a post up in the bracket and hold a level on its side.
Once it is plumb mark the position on the porch roof.
These boards are the roof support boards.
Use 2 inch wood screws.
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Screw these boards into the 144 inch boards perpendicularly.
Hand framing a porch roof involves first setting the ridge beam and the side walls to the proper height that the roof will hang from.
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.
Most porch roofs use 2x6 or 2x8 rafters that form an upside down v across the ridge beam.
Position a mounting bracket at one of the marks on the bottom of the porch.