Attach An Awning Ledger Board To A House

Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof.

Attach an awning ledger board to a house.

Temporarily nail or brace the ledger in place positioned and leveled at the desired height. How to attach a header board to a house for a porch roof. These replace lag screws and through bolts have been coated with a proprietary three step coating process that protects against corrosion even in pressure treated wood and are acq approved. My approach is to apply a self adhering self sealing membrane to the wall where the ledger will be installed that extends at least an inch above the top of the ledger two inches below and four inches past the ends.

1 2 carriage or cap bolts. Attach 2x6 rafters to the house with joist hangers and or supported by the ledger board. Locate a position for a header or ledger board. Make it the full.

If it is impossible to attach the ledger to a floor joist then fasten the ledger to wall studs which are generally located on 16 inch or sometimes 24 inch centers and doubled up around doors windows and other openings. It s a code compliant structural wood screw engineered to fasten a deck ledger board to the rim joist of a house with no pre drilling. Rafters are placed on 24 centers and attached to the beams and settle joists are attached as needed image 1. The deck boards have been depicted with a gap between the first board and the house only to emphasize flashing overlapping the ledger.

On site the first board would be positioned within 1 2 from the wall flashing.