pitched roof over porch

barkeep · 28 Feb 2009

I have bought this ex council house which is structurally very good but looks "council housey".

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barkeep
28 Feb 2009
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I would like to remove the flat roof from above the existing coal house/porch and replace it with a tiled lean to pitched roof.
Could anyone please post a drawing on how the woodwork should be constructed ( staged drawings would be better).
The steel post that is currently supporting the roof structure could be replaced with a brick wall with a small return to form a new doorway. Alternatively the roof could be supported with a brick pillar. Any suggestions gratefully accepted.
I've used this forum before and always had helpfull......so, thanks in advance.

Eric

^woody^ · 28 Feb 2009

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^woody^
4 Jul 2008
6

Omit the purlin (the deep horizontal beam)

noseall · 28 Feb 2009

Brick pillar or gallows bracket seems the way to go.

It depends what you want to achieve.

I would resist the temptation to fully enclose the porch as a storm shelter is very useful whilst looking for house keys.

ColJack · 28 Feb 2009

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might want to remove the street name from the photo, took me about 6 mins to find and ID your house... and that included installing google earth..

barkeep · 28 Feb 2009

why would you want to go to the trouble of loading google earth just to see the location of our house?

^woody^ · 28 Feb 2009

He's a guerilla DIYer - goes around the country installing porchs/conservatories/extensions etc when people are out.

The only probelm is he does not apply for planning or b/regs approval, so you can get into trouble

barkeep · 1 Mar 2009

As ususal though......thanks for the replies. I think I read correctly between the lines re the last post (thanks woody). Had the surveryor in last week doing a calc report for buildings

ColJack · 1 Mar 2009

i like to freak people out sometimes....

did I get it right? wow.. lucky guess..

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