car port

[ballyclover]

Hi guys

Building a carport bewteen two opposite high walls. I ll attach a beam to one wall but how would i mirror the same position on the opposite wall please?

 

[Tigercubrider]

What do you mean?

Do you own both walls?

You need to add a fall so one side or end needs to be lower than the other

 

[ballyclover]

Between my gable end i have a long drive..opposite my neighbours garage. So the port will span from my gable end to his garage wall. It will have a slight slop forwards into guttering and down pipe. I have permisson from my neighbout to mount a beam along the its lenght..i will add one on my gable end same lenght and roof supports inbetween.... i am unsure how best to line up both beams so they are directly opposite

 

[magicmushroom666]

use a long spirit level? Or clamp a smaller spirit level to a long piece of straight wood? Or measure up from the ground

 

[JohnD]

or, assuming you have a hosepipe, a water level.

 

[ballyclover]

use a long spirit level? Or clamp a smaller spirit level to a long piece of straight wood? Or measure up from the ground

Just wanted it to be spot on best i could due to the forward slope, but i think thats the only way...just thought may have been a more technical way

 

[Tigercubrider]

Water level is easiest

I think mine was less than a tenner but cheaper online.

Get written permission for the fixing to your neighbour's wall

Research the roofing material before designing the rest. It might be easier to design the rafters and purlins based on the roofing sheet dimensions.

 

[^woody^]

You just level one of the timbers that you will be using for the roof!