How To Build A Lean To Metal Roof

Roll between the garage wall and the shed roof.

How to build a lean to metal roof.

Measure the width of the outside wall and cut the board with a circular saw to the same length. I m bookmarking this for later reference. I want to use steel posts. The side of the panel that has a slightly flat side is to place on the roof.

Space rafters either 16 o c. Design lean to roof per your local building codes. This is where the supporting post will rest. The gable ends of the roof were also covered with metal roofing material.

Place the starting panel onto one edge of the roof. If it is needed cut the metal roof panel to the length you need with tin snips hopefully you don t have too. Compute the depth of the shed by taking the square root of the difference. How to attach a lean to to an existing metal building step 1.

Make a ledger board to fasten to the existing wall and support the upper end of the lean to roof. You must consider the following. I need to build a lean to onto the side of my 50 x 50 shop. I used aluminum flashing from a 50 ft.

Cut out a notch on the top of your posts as shown in the image above. Determine where the lean to will be attached to the existing building. Next place the supporting posts into the notches. Cut the 6 inch thick lumber into blocks that run the length of the lean to.

Measure the height at which the. Use right size of rafters and headers. The preferred spot would place the. When attaching ledger board to an existing wall install proper flashing when required.

Plan ahead and build the roof to the size of the metal panel.