Tradesman use them mainly.
Tying in a porch roof to an existing roof.
Then mount new trusses on the new addition walls.
Butt the first new truss against the old one.
To do this we had to extend the plane of the shed roof out over the porch roof creating a small triangular extension of the existing roof.
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When a shed roof ties into an existing roof the new roof could be a simple lean to that covers a deck or porch or it could be the shed roof of a substantial addition.
Attach a sill plate to the house between the two side supports of the porch.
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Measure the sightline clearance height from the roof to the house not the other way around.
Using lag bolts and a screwdriver fasten the base of the posts to the ground.
First the 4x4 beams need to be cut to the size of the existing roof so the porch roof and the edge of the existing roof will be even when the job is complete.
In any case the structure.
You can either remove the eave or just keep it.
The bottom of our blind valley was about 30 inches short of the bottom of the porch roof so we extended the line of the valley down to the edge of the new roof.
This will provide a solid framework for attaching the metal panels.
Attaching a roof to an existing roof.
The sill plate or piece of wood that secures the supports to the roof should sit flush to the top edges of the roof support columns.
Measure the size of the beam that you are going to use.
Tying in to an existing gable roof.
Step 4 position the rafters on top of the sill plate.
From that point all the way to the lower end fascias you will need to lay a 2x size depends on your rafter framing size on each side that extends from the new ridge board to the bottom of the valleys fasten it thru the roof and into the existing structures roof rafters or trusses.