robert dewinter
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I live in Southern California and have a 17' x 12' patio adjacent to my family room. The floor is a concrete slap covered with half brick. The roof structure is made of 12 horizontal redwood 2x6's set 16" o.c. and attached to the eave with face mounted hangers. On top of the 2x6 stringers are 4'x8' lattice panels to provide minimum shade.
I want to remove the lattice panels and install a solid weatherproof roof with two 2'x4' sky lights, a ceiling fan and some kind of light. I want to have the ceiling look like the ceiling in the family room which consists of tongue and groove and exposed 4"x6" beams. The exposed beams in the patio could be smaller beams or false beams.
Question: What's the best roof construction method taking into account that it will be a flat roof with roofing paper and rolled roofing? Should I try to use the existing stringers and install plywood and roofing on top of them or should I start new with 2x4 framing to frame in the skylights, and install T&G underneath with exposed false beams installed somehow?
Question: How much slope or fall is needed to drain away rain? The house and family room will direct water to the patio roof. Should the slope run the same direction as the stringers? How do you waterproof the seam between the eave and the patio roof?
Question: Will 4"x4" vertical posts be beefy enough to carry the roof load? These posts are bolted to metal u-brakets set in the concrete floor.
Suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I want to remove the lattice panels and install a solid weatherproof roof with two 2'x4' sky lights, a ceiling fan and some kind of light. I want to have the ceiling look like the ceiling in the family room which consists of tongue and groove and exposed 4"x6" beams. The exposed beams in the patio could be smaller beams or false beams.
Question: What's the best roof construction method taking into account that it will be a flat roof with roofing paper and rolled roofing? Should I try to use the existing stringers and install plywood and roofing on top of them or should I start new with 2x4 framing to frame in the skylights, and install T&G underneath with exposed false beams installed somehow?
Question: How much slope or fall is needed to drain away rain? The house and family room will direct water to the patio roof. Should the slope run the same direction as the stringers? How do you waterproof the seam between the eave and the patio roof?
Question: Will 4"x4" vertical posts be beefy enough to carry the roof load? These posts are bolted to metal u-brakets set in the concrete floor.
Suggestions are greatly appreciated.