Locating and mounting the ledger is normally a fairly easy process.
Installing a ledger board for roof.
Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof.
It is certainly not a job for a weekend carpenter or diy er.
It gets complicated in a hurry.
Locate a position for a header or ledger board.
Add the aluminum flashing tuck the aluminum flashing underneath the bending and siding over the ledger.
The ledger board can be fixed directly on masonry or brick.
Set the bottom of the ledger at the on a chalk line set at the level you predetermined before you cut the siding.
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.
Make it the full width of the porch or slightly wider depending on your porch design.
Set a ledger at the top of the rafter section as well to control rotation of the new section.
Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to support the ledger.
The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters.
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.
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.
The ledger should be attached before the foundation is built for a deck patio roof posts and other structure.
Installing a ledger connection to a house after it is constructed is a major job.