We are in the early stages of planning the addition of a gable roofed screen porch off the back of our house.
Rough size is 12x16. In the location shown below, it would be built off of what is our master bedroom. So it wouldn't have interior access, but I'm not sure that is the end of the world. Building where the french doors are has been ruled out because it would create a lot of additional problems, which I won't detail here.
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I'm trying to get a handle on the rough framing and how to tie it into the house. We'd like to run a structural ridge and keep an open cathedral ceiling. Currently I've got a triple 2x12x16 forming the ridge beam, and double 2x8 beams on top of 6x6 posts. Rafters are 2x8's on 24" centers, spanning roughing 10.5' feet. The fine grey sketch represents the existing roof line and gable vent.
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How should I support the end of the ridge beam at the house? With the window below, I can't run a post down to the foundation inside the wall. Would running a short post down the the top plate of the exterior wall work? Seems like a hanger attached to the sheathing would be insufficient.
Rough size is 12x16. In the location shown below, it would be built off of what is our master bedroom. So it wouldn't have interior access, but I'm not sure that is the end of the world. Building where the french doors are has been ruled out because it would create a lot of additional problems, which I won't detail here.
I'm trying to get a handle on the rough framing and how to tie it into the house. We'd like to run a structural ridge and keep an open cathedral ceiling. Currently I've got a triple 2x12x16 forming the ridge beam, and double 2x8 beams on top of 6x6 posts. Rafters are 2x8's on 24" centers, spanning roughing 10.5' feet. The fine grey sketch represents the existing roof line and gable vent.
How should I support the end of the ridge beam at the house? With the window below, I can't run a post down to the foundation inside the wall. Would running a short post down the the top plate of the exterior wall work? Seems like a hanger attached to the sheathing would be insufficient.
