10-15-2017, 07:53 AM
Friends,
For the last week, my contractor has been building my new porte cochere (aka carport). The new part is directly in front of the garage. It's a challenging project because the garage is angled relative to the property line but the new carport is parallel to the property line. The old garage has a hip roof, the new roof extends the two sides of the old roof forward. The front slope of the old hip roof disappears under the new roof. My question is this. In connecting the new roof rafters to the old garage, they just set the ends onto the roof of the garage (shingles and all) and toenailed the new rafter to the old garage roof. I had thought that they would have to remove shingles and decking and tie the new rafters to the old garage roof framing. I asked the contractor about this, and he insisted that this was standard practice and wouldn't budge on doing it differently. Does this sound like a reasonable technique? Additional information: the contractor is a well regarded builder in this area. The new main part of the carport looks very well constructed, very solid.
(memo to self: ask more questions about construction techniques on the next project).
Mark
For the last week, my contractor has been building my new porte cochere (aka carport). The new part is directly in front of the garage. It's a challenging project because the garage is angled relative to the property line but the new carport is parallel to the property line. The old garage has a hip roof, the new roof extends the two sides of the old roof forward. The front slope of the old hip roof disappears under the new roof. My question is this. In connecting the new roof rafters to the old garage, they just set the ends onto the roof of the garage (shingles and all) and toenailed the new rafter to the old garage roof. I had thought that they would have to remove shingles and decking and tie the new rafters to the old garage roof framing. I asked the contractor about this, and he insisted that this was standard practice and wouldn't budge on doing it differently. Does this sound like a reasonable technique? Additional information: the contractor is a well regarded builder in this area. The new main part of the carport looks very well constructed, very solid.
(memo to self: ask more questions about construction techniques on the next project).
Mark
Mark in Sugar Land, TX