How To Build A Patio Cover

An inside look as to how i came to build myself a patio cover. My 1st time doing some handy work like this. Decide on your dimensions.

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How to build a patio cover.

Check local building code to see if you can attach a patio roof directly to your deck.
Fastening to masonry walls.
Anchor a ledger to a masonry wall with expanding anchor bolts.
Blow out the dust fill the hole with epoxy and insert the rod to the required depth.

Mark out the top.
Draw a cross section of the structure not to scale.
Make the posts even.
Installing the ledger board.

Order the materials that are to be delivered.
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Make a new materials list to ensure sufficient amounts and lengths of the needed lumber.

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The slab can vary considerably throwing off crucial measurements.
Set the post base using the concrete anchors.
When you are building a patio cover off of an existing roof or wall you must take all of your measurements from the point at which the patio roof will attach to the existing structure not the outside of the slab.

How to build a patio cover with a corrugated metal roof step 1.
When building a patio cover on your deck or in your back yard the first thing to do is choose the proper design.
Establish the pitch of your roofline and the size of your patio cover.
Begin by marking a line across the wall for the ledgers top edge.

There are many different types of patio cover roofs to choose from differing in both materials used and overall design.
How to build an attached patio cover.
Put the 4 by 4 posts on the post base and then nail to the post base.
Square up the post holes and install the posts use a level and braces to keep them straight.

Pick up others as needed and deliver to the job site.
Let the epoxy set leaving it overnight will assure that it is rock solid and then add the anchor bolt anchor washer and nut and tighten.
If attaching a patio roof to a ledger beneath the eaves does not allow for enough headroom you can set the new patio roofs rafters on the walls top plate and fasten them to the sides of the house rafters as shown in the cutaway drawing above.
Make sure the bad side of your beam is facing the sky.

Visit the lumber yard and get help picking lumber that will meet your local area codes.