How To Attach Awning To House Roof

Patio cover attachments available for wall fascia or eave of roof roof top or freestanding.

How to attach awning to house roof.

Smart awnings with sensors. Wall space needed for attaching. Proceed to securing the awning in the brackets section. This allows most awning fasteners to puncture the concrete lap siding and sheathing and make contact with the studs.

Retractable or fixed a lateral arm retractable awning will allow you to extend your awning without needing extra supports. Work from the view back not from the house out. After that to make it flush with the roof of the existing house cut the two outer rafters. On a two story house you can usually tie the ledger into a band joist also called a rim joist located between the floors as shown below.

Depending on the design of the awning their lower mounts will be approximately two to four inches beyond the edges of the window or door casement. Choose a roof pitch 3 12 and roof structure 2x6 this places the new roof on top of the existing roof. 8 inches in this case. A small awning will generally not have these problems.

Determine the beam size. Retractable awnings retract or unfurl in less than a minute by hand or automatically via remote control wall switch smartphone tablet timer or key switch. Calculate the sightline clearance height about 6 feet 2 inches in this case. Now you can begin assembling the outer rafters and attaching the rafter beam to the edge of the roof of the house.

Attach the horizontal beam by using a nail gun. Fill all holes and cover the back of the roof bracket plate with caulk or roofing cement. Using a stud finder locate the full left to right width of the header and axial studs. These awnings only need one attachment to the house on the wall.

Less than a minute. Securing the awning into the brackets. Tighten all three lag screws and proceed in the same fashion for the rest of the plates. Larger patio awnings may require permits or permission from the zoning board.

Posts bolt to slab or footings for attachments to the wall fascia or roof top where freestanding doesn t need another structure for support however posts must be poured into concrete on freestanding aluminum awnings.