Rebuilding my Patio Roof (Completed)

[Slartibartfass]

My patio roof did not make it thru the winter. Was shitty construction to begin with as the prior owner had sandwiched the rafters in between the header beams and pieces on the outside instead one continuous piece on top of the header beam.

Old structure 2 weeks ago:

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Building the new header beams out of 2x12x20feet sandwiched together with nails and bolts.

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Took down the crappy structure to the posts which I reuse.

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Staining the new beams

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More pictures to come....

 

[Slartibartfass]

Beams completed

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Taking down the old beams

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Cross braces to prevent lateral stress on post during take down

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Old Posts sanded and restained. Simpson Strong-ties for beams

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Lifting up the first beam...

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[Slartibartfass]

Beams raised. Went easier than I thought...

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New rafters

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Braces to stabilize beams and posts

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[Slartibartfass]

Added cross braces. 2 more rows in between the header beams to come

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Looking good

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Nice and snug.

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Kreg pocket holes....

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[Slartibartfass]

All rafters have been stained once. One more coat to go (hopefully this weekend).

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Cross braces (in between rafters) all stained once. One more time to go

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Different view....

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That's it so far. 2 weekends worth of work.....

 

[wow]

Nice job, and great documentation!

That's a deceptively big project. Are you doing it all by yourself, including lifting the beams?

 

[Slartibartfass]

Other than taking down the old beams and putting up the new ones that were a lot heavier where I conscripted my 16 year old son and a friend I am doing it by myself. My younger son is staining some of the cross members and my girls are watching.... Malte

 

[leakyroof]

Wow, that's a PROJECT...  [jawdrop]
Great job.  What are you doing for a 'roof'  . Still with the old type material or something different?

 

[Slartibartfass]

I going to put the same stuff back on. Corrugated polycarbonate in green. Gives some shade but leaves good light thru. Malte

 

[leakyroof]

I going to put the same stuff back on. Corrugated polycarbonate in green. Gives some shade but leaves good light thru. Malte

  Very nice.

 

[Slartibartfass]

Decided to take off today as i cannot do much work this weekend due to the wife having her birthday tomorrow and weather forecast for sunday shows rain.

Preparation...

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Staining the rafters a second time

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Rafters all done

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Cross braces stained again and installed

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More Strong-ties

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All done so far

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2 more rows of cross braces to be installed in between the header beams

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[Slartibartfass]

More progress this weekend:

Little last minute design change. Got rid of the fascia boards at both ends. Decided to let the rafters stick out some bit. Looks nice/more open.

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Installed another row of cross braces on the long end towards the house.

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Half round profiles for rafters to install polycarbonate sheets all stained.

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Wave form profiles for cross braces all stained.

Hope to wrap this up next weekend, time and weather permitting.

Than its getting the electrician back in to install some lights and outlets (blue masking tape areas on prior pictures).

Malte

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[Slartibartfass]

Finally installed the wooden profiles for the corrugated sheets and started to install the roof panels:

First I trimmed the ends of the rafters so they are all the same length at each end and ~ recessed by half an inch beneath the panel:

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Installing the profile pieces

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Panel install

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More tomorrow hopefully..

 

[nclemmons]

Nice work and excellent documentation through step by step photos.

thanks for sharing.

neil

 

[Slartibartfass]

Finished roof panels yesterday. Now its up to the electrician to rewire the whole thing (lights/outlets).

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Already laid out the electrical boxes for electrician so they are where I want them... Biggest challenge is to re-route the electrical underneath the patio (came out the wall originally above head with a pipe going thru the air to the patio roof. Fugly....). Have an empty PVC conduit pipe underneath the patio which I should be able to use hopefully....

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[wow]

That looks like a really nice place to hang out with a tall, cool drink. Nice job!

 

[Slartibartfass]

I am looking forward to making some good memories under the roof..... With a few cold ones and BBQ....