How To Build a Covered Patio | DIY Porch Part 1

okay so the weather is finally cooling off here in Texas I'm gonna take advantage of it we've been wanting to put an awning here just for the barbecue pit and also just some shaded general seating so that's what I'm going to do today I've never done anything like this before but at this point I feel pretty confident that I'm gonna be able to tackle this project so stick around if you want to see how I do it did I do okay I first thought to make a new roof line going underneath this one however very quickly decided that it would look much nicer if I were able to tie into this existing roof line and just slightly change the pitch so in order to do that I first had to tear off a few of the shingles the existing fascia board a little bit of the decking as well as this 2x4 that was blocking the end of the rafter tails and that way I have access to all of these rafter tails so I can tie my new roof line into this existing one but that demo work done I then started working on setting my pose and I first try to use my drill on the hammer drill setting however this concrete is so difficult to get through I ended up renting a corded hammer drill instead now it's kind of difficult to see but I did pull a chalk line so that I could make sure that all four of my post brackets were going to be in an absolute straight line where these posters setting the ground is actually on a slight slope so what I ended up having to do was set the post in place with it still long and then I would set it at level and ask my husband to come and mark the top of the brackets and this gave me the exact angle that I needed to cut the post at but with the post being so thick and also it being an angled cut I couldn't use my circular saw so I resorted to using a hand saw to make these cuts next I moved up to the top so I can start working on cutting out the notch that will hold the 2 by 8 header I plan to use and to make this notch I use my circular saw just to make multiple cuts in the area that I needed chipped out so that afterwards I could use a hammer to break it all loose after breaking all of the pieces as I came back with a chisel just to make the surface a little bit more smooth then from there I was able to cut the post to its final height making three cuts with the circular saw then having to finish it off with the Hansel and that is one post complete so now I can set it in place and attach it to its bracket I went to the bottom and attached it with so few screws and then repeated the process for the other posts now of course the ground here is not level so to make sure that all the posts come out to be the exact same height I would set the two by eight header into place have one person hold the next post plumb while another person held it up until it was perfectly level then the post could be marked taken down then I could repeat the process by cutting the angled bottom the notch out the top for the two by eight and then cutting it to its final height and attaching it the existing roofline of the shop actually extends past the two outside most posts so whenever it came time to installing the 2 by 8 header what I did was set it in place and line it up to be in the center of these second pose and then leave all of the excess hanging off that first post then for the remaining headers I would just take a measurement from the center of one post to the center of the next making sure to check for plumb on these posts before setting the screws at this point I was only worried about making sure the posts were parallel to one another all right and then it was on to installing the rafters I am changing the pitch slightly because the existing roofline would end up way too steep I went with a 212 pitch which is just fine for the shingle material that I'm going with now this is the point where I was checking for plumb on the inside of the post to make sure that they were parallel with the building and I could attach it to the existing rafter tails with two screws since I'm going with two by fours I did make these on 16 inch centers and I use some of those Simpsons strong type brackets to attach them and let me tell you by the end of all of these rafters I was very worn out and before you say it I did end up getting a smaller hammer that I could manage a little bit easier now looking back on it this is the one thing that I would change if I could instead of going with a 2x4 on the side most rafter I guess I guess it's called the rake I ended up going with the 2 by 6 and I wish I would have went with a 2 by 8 but I guess hindsight and all that what what I did was cut into the roofline and then cut the 2 by 6 rate to the exact angle and then just fit it into place and attached it now with the rake in place I could now cut the 2 by 8 header to the exact link that I needed it okay framing is done on to the decking so at this point I had the call and some help in order to get those full sheets up there and of course it became much easier after getting the very first sheet down but I would make sure that it would fall on the center of a rafter and then use my pneumatic nailer to nail it all into position I first did all of the full sheets along the back and then came back and did all the partial pieces up front so when you're ducking you want to stagger your joints so I intentionally cut this one a little bit shorter so that it would not be on the same seam as this one all right moving right along now it was time to lay down the paper a buddy mine had a roll of synthetic roofing paper so he gave it to me for doing this job thank you buddy and instead of using roofing nails I ended up using my slap stapler and this made very quick work from putting this down and I make sure whenever I got to the back of the roof line to put the existing paper over this paper then I came back and applied a drip edge now the shingles on going with only required to repay along the front edge so I did not have to apply a drip edge to either one of the sides all right and now onto the shingling now the material I'm going with is made by a company called on the lane and not only do I think that they are prettier than conventional shingles but they're also more environmental friendly they are made up of 50% recycled material that is infused with asphalt but they are just as simple to install as conventional shingles I started off by preparing what will be my starter Rousch angles and for these the company makes these foam inserts just to prevent insects or birds from getting into those corrugations and to make installing them simple I applied a little bit of spray adhesive just to keep them in place while I'm moving around the shingles but then I moved them all to the roof and started installing them now for the very first shingle you do have to install an additional piece of foam and that very last corrugation just because another another shingle is not going to be overlapping it so I set it in place measured out my overhang which in my case I wanted an inch and a half and then put in a screw then I went to the opposite in the shingle not going to the very last corrugations since another shingle will have to be overlapping it which of the second-last corrugation and also put in a screw after measuring the overhang was the same then I can fill in the remaining corrugations in between so my back porch is that direction so by starting the shingling on this side all of the overlapping seams are going to be on this side of the corrugation so that whenever you look down the roof line from the back porch you're not going to be able to see them as you can see they overlap very simply and then it's just a matter of repeating the process putting in the first screw the second-to-last screw and then filling it in when it came time to start the second row I used a box blade with a hook on the end in order to cut off one corrugation and this is just to stagger the seams of the shingles now since my roofing paper doesn't have any marks I just measured the reveal of that first row of shingles in order to line up the second then since I was already on this side I went ahead and cut and installed the remaining shingles so that I could work all the way to the back of the roof line and fill it in completely so this is called an apron piece and it's going to transition from these two angles so I'm going to take the flat portion and work it under this then I'm going to have to cut this back row to be a shorter tile I'm going to be working it under this apron piece and then of course over this piece all in all I was super impressed with how simple and easy it was to install it took me right over three hours to install at all which I don't think is bad considering I don't move for a living if you want more information about these shingles then it will leave you links in the description of the video it's pretty impressive stuff after getting all of the shingles installed and moved on to what they call the verge pieces which is just the pieces that go along the edge to not only give it a completed look but also these are the pieces that take the place of needing to install a drip edge along the rake all right and that's actually where I'm gonna have to stop for this week however next week in part 2 I'm gonna be doing the decking for the underside running some lights as well as finishing off the post so stay tuned if you are interested of course I would love to hear what you think about my project so far in the comments section so stay tuned for part two I'll see you soon you're the coolest yeah I appreciate it uh-huh all right now just bring that on up here now bring out all up here now

Channel: April Wilkerson

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Length: 9min 47sec (587 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 06 2016