Roof Ledger Board Installation

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Roof ledger board installation.

These 18 articles will teach you how to install flashing and bolt the ledger connection to the house rim. Attach the header to the support post next to the house. Use a speed square to mark and cut your rafter angle to the roof pitch. Locating and mounting the ledger is normally a fairly easy process.

To cut sloping rafters for a house attached patio roof lay a rafter board so it rests on its edge on both the ledger and the beam parallel to the ledger. Then force the rafter s tip snugly against the house wall. The ledger should be attached before the foundation is built for a deck patio roof posts and other structure. Put down ledger board s face.

Make a cutting on one of the sides of the horizontal roof beam on an angle. The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters. View patio kit prices. Do not attach the header directly to a house cantilever.

Properly installing a ledger board for your deck is one of the most important structural components of building a safe and strong deck. You have to do it thoroughly so that the rafters sit flush on it. Get a free quote. The rafter pitch angle.

View how to measure your patio cover. Add the aluminum flashing tuck the aluminum flashing underneath the bending and siding over the ledger. After the ledger is installed a second strip of membrane tape is applied over the top of the ledger and about 1 2 in. Call us at 800 531 5994.

On site the first board would be positioned within 1 2 from the wall flashing. This may seem excessively tall but is needed in order for the water resistive barrier wrb and siding to overlap the top. 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 lags should pass through by at least 1 2 on the back side of the band board.

The deck boards have been depicted with a gap between the first board and the house only to emphasize flashing overlapping the ledger. Attach the horizontal beam by using a nail gun. The wall leg is at least 7 in. This board will support the rafters.

Using a block of wood as a ruler mark the ends for cutting.