A step by process on how to build a covered deck exposed gable beams using chief architect.
Exposed beam porch roof.
There are a variety of porch styles and designs but make sure it compliments your house.
This is the most common style of porch roof in america.
Continuing on from part 3.
Porch lightings columns railings landscaping and furniture are also crucial factors to be incorporated in the design of your porch roof.
We show you the steps involved and calculations required for buildng a roof for your porch or constructing one over your deck or patio.
Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design.
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Here we have a wood framed gable roof.
Building a porch roof requires basic carpentry and porch roof framing knowledge.
The supporting beams are painted white and the tongue and groove boards are whitewashed.
You can see how lovely a flat roof can be.
We also show you how to build stone columns with wood beams ho.
Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design.
We show you how both a typical rafter style porch and truss roof area constructed.
The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial.
This provides dimension for the flat roof.