A post for each story sits on the floor surface up to support the floor beam above it.
How to support porch with exposed beams and metal roof.
Beams can be solid lumber or be built from lengths of 2 by lumber nailed together with 1 2 inch pressure treated plywood spacers in between this forms a 3 1 2 inch thick beam that is equal to the width of a 4 by post.
After that to make it flush with the roof of the existing house cut the two outer rafters.
In this way you can continue your floor beam structural posts all the way from the basement up to the roof beam.
They also can be boxed in with wood after installation.
The tables below give maximum spans for rafters and beams.
Metal beams could also be used and would eliminate the need for most of the supporting posts across the front of your porch.
Attach the horizontal beam by using a nail gun.
In areas with mild climates patio roofs are generally designed for loads of 30 psf pounds per square foot.
For heavy roofs or in areas with substantial snowfall or winds call your local building department for code requirements.
The metal thickness is based on the width of the space to be spanned.
We show you how both a typical rafter style porch and truss roof area constructed.
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A flitch plate is a metal plate sandwiched between two framing members such as 2 x 10s.
You will need to make sure that each of the posts is plumb.
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It is not a continuous post however.
Make a cutting on one of the sides of the horizontal roof beam on an angle.
With the first porch roof support in position you can then continue to work along the porch.
The next post sits atop this floor beam directly above the lower post and runs up to the next floor beam or to the roof beam.
The figures are based on quality materials.
Building a porch roof requires basic carpentry and porch roof framing knowledge.