Plumb and square the column.
How to build an arched porch roof.
On this building a porch roof project a beam is placed against the ledger board and fastened to the top of the end column.
Start by clamping the two end arches to your structure.
The critical dimension for the new roof structure was the outside arc of the existing masonry porch below which the new roof would have to match.
How to build a colonial portico.
Each end of each arch should sit on your walls at a right angle to them.
Set a board the width of the column tops or posts a 2 by 6 for instance for 6 by 6 inch posts extending from the.
I chose a pitched roof design and in this video take you through the entire job from start to finis.
Set two posts against the house wall and the other two the.
From gable and shed roofs to hip and flat our information about how to build a porch roof will make the job easy.
Build a basic portico on a colonial house with four posts or columns and a roof.
With your two end arches clamped use screws to toenail them to your wall frames.
You may need to brace the column while you continue.
You can see how the end arch is clamped in the picture and the others are upside down waiting to be put into place.
See exactly how i made a simple porch roof step by step.