Cut two rafters with a circular saw to the pitch of the addition roof and nail them across the rafters on the old roof.
How to build a sunroom cut into existing roof.
You have to make sure that they sit plumb.
Learn how easy it is to add living space to your home by building a sunroom under an existing roof.
Calculate the sightline clearance height about 6 feet 2 inches in this case.
8 inches in this case.
They form an upside down v with the point at the top of the addition roof.
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Make a cutting on one of the sides of the horizontal roof beam on an angle.
To make the blind valleys we attached sleepers to the shed roof locating them by placing a 14 foot straightedge that is usually used for screeding concrete on top of the porch rafters to project the plane of the new porch roof over to the surface of the existing shed roof.
Building a sun room.
Work from the view back not from the house out.
Choose a roof pitch 3 12 and roof structure 2x6 this places the new roof on top of the existing roof.
Also make sure that the grade is.
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After that to make it flush with the roof of the existing house cut the two outer rafters.
Attach the horizontal beam by using a nail gun.
Determine the beam size.
And your sunroom can blend into your existing space so that it looks like it was always part of the house.
You have to do it thoroughly so that the rafters sit flush on it.