Hello all,
For this question I ask that you refer to the attachment with the colored coded wood beams.
I currently have a very old, and rickety aluminum patio roof, approximately 16ft flat sloped roof going off the masonry of my house. It's probably the ugliest thing on my house. I was thinking about tearing it down and replacing it with a 4x6 (blue in image), 4x4 (beige), and 2x6 (pink) wood frame construction, with tongue and groove 1x8 [not shown in attachment], asphalt felt and solar reflective paint on top of that [not shown in the attachment]. I currently have a concrete slab to work on (dark gray in image).
The roof has a 2 degree slope.
You'll notice on the back there isn't support, I figure a 4x4 anchored and lag bolted into the masonry would be ok? I could also put some vertical 4x4's against the walls to the slab supporting this as well if that should be done, but I don't currently have that planned (need advice there).
The scale of this is 8ft high at the beginning where it's attached to the house. The wide part is 27ft wide, it's 16ft length of roof.
My plan was to first make this a suitable patio area, then maybe, eventually close it in with insulation and drywall, with french doors (that's why the middle part has a bit more spacing between the 4x4). That part would be done at a later date. Right now, I just need a functional back patio.
My question among any other addressable issues here that I can't see is the roof. I cannot find 16ft 2x6 boards, and I don't want any weak points in the middle of the roof. Is there a certain kind of joist that would join these, or is that just not the right thing to do with a roof construction?
Thanks for any help you can provide!
For this question I ask that you refer to the attachment with the colored coded wood beams.
I currently have a very old, and rickety aluminum patio roof, approximately 16ft flat sloped roof going off the masonry of my house. It's probably the ugliest thing on my house. I was thinking about tearing it down and replacing it with a 4x6 (blue in image), 4x4 (beige), and 2x6 (pink) wood frame construction, with tongue and groove 1x8 [not shown in attachment], asphalt felt and solar reflective paint on top of that [not shown in the attachment]. I currently have a concrete slab to work on (dark gray in image).
The roof has a 2 degree slope.
You'll notice on the back there isn't support, I figure a 4x4 anchored and lag bolted into the masonry would be ok? I could also put some vertical 4x4's against the walls to the slab supporting this as well if that should be done, but I don't currently have that planned (need advice there).
The scale of this is 8ft high at the beginning where it's attached to the house. The wide part is 27ft wide, it's 16ft length of roof.
My plan was to first make this a suitable patio area, then maybe, eventually close it in with insulation and drywall, with french doors (that's why the middle part has a bit more spacing between the 4x4). That part would be done at a later date. Right now, I just need a functional back patio.
My question among any other addressable issues here that I can't see is the roof. I cannot find 16ft 2x6 boards, and I don't want any weak points in the middle of the roof. Is there a certain kind of joist that would join these, or is that just not the right thing to do with a roof construction?
Thanks for any help you can provide!