Framing A Covered Porch Roof

Once completed roofing paper will be installed.
Framing a covered porch roof. The roof will be constructed using multi core galvalume metal roofing. More project and tips. The most important thing is to determine if your rafter tails are capable of supporting half of the total weight of your patio cover. The rafters sit on top of the beams which by code each one should be held down by hurricane straps.
This includes a material cost of 11 to 70 per square foot and 12 to 40 per square foot in labor. It has been too co. After the roof is covered with plywood it needs to be covered with tar paper or membrane. The new patio cover will be built using western red cedar 4x6 posts 4x6 beams and 2x6 rafters of course you can use pressure treated pine redwood or any other suitable framing material to build your patio.
The cost to build a 200 square foot covered porch ranges from 4 600 to 22 000 or 10 500 on average you can expect to pay 23 to 110 per square foot the total includes flooring steps posts railing roofing and more. Sheathing 1 2 inch plywood or osb is nailed to the rafters. Then attach drip edge over the roofing paper.