These 18 articles will teach you how to install flashing and bolt the ledger connection to the house rim.
Installing a ledger board for roof.
Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to support the ledger.
A house attached patio roof takes advantage of the house s structure by supporting one end of the roof on a ledger mounted horizontally to the house.
The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters.
Set a ledger at the top of the rafter section as well to control rotation of the new section.
Properly installing a ledger board for your deck is one of the most important structural components of building a safe and strong deck.
Just imagine having to remove courses of masonry or lap board siding and then precisely locate the band board accurately to avoid damaging the wrong part of the siding.
Locate a position for a header or ledger board.
Set the bottom of the ledger at the on a chalk line set at the level you predetermined before you cut the siding.
Cut the siding along the outline marked on the side of the house if the cladding is wood or aluminum to expose the house rim joist.
It gets complicated in a hurry.
Locating and mounting the ledger is normally a fairly easy process.
The ledger should be attached before the foundation is built for a deck patio roof posts and other structure.
The ledger board can be fixed directly on masonry or brick.
Make it the full width of the porch or slightly wider depending on your porch design.
It is certainly not a job for a weekend carpenter or diy er.
Add the aluminum flashing tuck the aluminum flashing underneath the bending and siding over the ledger.