Putting A Roof Over My Patio

Most common ways to attach a patio roof to an existing house 1.

Putting a roof over my patio.

This method may be one of the most. The best way to cover a deck or patio is by building a permanent roof over it that s attached to your home. Blow out the dust fill the hole with epoxy and insert the rod to the required depth. While it may be more expensive than a temporary cover or awning a roof will last longer and add value to your home.

The worst thing that people commonly do is make the porch roof a continuation of the existing roof so there is a very long roof section over the cold porch or patio to form ice dams or worse yet making the porch roof flatter than the house roof it attaches to so snow piles up at the interface. Before attempting to construct a roof over your deck or patio consult a professional builder to make sure the design will meet local building codes and is strong enough to stand up to high winds. There are other patio covers available that range from a 50 large outdoor umbrella to awnings that cost between 300 and 800. Adding a wood lattice roof can range between 500 and 10 000.

Building on an existing deck. It is almost similar to the first method but to make the patio roof a. Check local building code to see if you can attach a patio roof directly to your deck. A screen can be added for an additional cost of 3 000 to 4 000.

Let the epoxy set leaving it overnight will assure that it is rock solid and then add the anchor bolt anchor washer and nut and tighten.