Build a covered patio on existing slab - DIY Home Improvement …
2011年3月16日 · 2294 posts · Joined 2008. #8 · Mar 17, 2011. I retrofitted a roof over a 6" patio slab. I was required to underpin the slab using a SONO tube down to footings that were below the frost line. (4' here) Each underpin supported the roof posts. The roof posts were fastened to the slab using Simpson post anchors.
Enclosed porch over existing concrete patio? - DIY Home …
2012年6月10日 · MMM prob not a good idea. You never want to build anything structural over top of a 4" slab. You always want at least a minimum of 8" inches of continuous footer around the perimeter to build on. However, the right contractor should be able to work with what you got and give you the results your wife is looking for without any problem.
lighting a covered, enclosed patio - DIY Home Improvement Forum
2007年11月19日 · Our "new" (1956 single-story ranch) house came with a covered patio (metal roof extending off the finished eaves, single pane glass windows set in treated wood walls, vents above 2 doors only, concrete floor, 2 perimeter spotlights, outdoor wiring conduits & outlets for floor/table lamps and for plug-in watering system controller) on the North & West side of the …
Adding enclosed porch to existing house. - DIY Home …
2019年2月28日 · The back of the house has a very basic design with simple sloping roof. The plan is to add a barn roof at a lower slope starting in the middle height of existing roof spanning from one edge of the house to past the midpoint. The plan is to pour concrete foundation with majority of the porch enclosed (projected columns on drawing are temporary ...
Enclosing a covered patio - DIY Home Improvement Forum
2011年7月23日 · Enclosing a covered patio Jump to Latest Follow 12K views 4 replies 5 participants last post by TrapperL Jul 24, 2011
IRC Code Compliance Question: Patio Enclosures
2015年12月9日 · AH105.1 General. Exterior openings required for light and ventilation shall be permitted to open into a patio structure conforming to Section AH101, provided that the patio structure shall be unenclosed if such openings are serving as emergency egress or rescue openings from sleeping rooms.
Ideas on how we can fix our enclosed patio/sunroom?
2013年11月11日 · The room was advertised as a "fully-enclosed patio that can be used as a bonus room." :whistling2: We didn't realize the lower panels had plexi behind them until yesterday. Building a new room would be financially impossible right now. We have tons of yard already and don't need the additional outdoor living space of a second covered patio.
Cost to convert deck into a simple additional room.
2013年3月26日 · The materials needed to enclose a space are heavy and a deck just won't have enough support to make it work. In some situations a simple outside concrete patio can be enclosed with, say, glass panels to make what's known as a 'three season porch'. But that's only because the concrete is already there, on ground level.
enclosing a carport - DIY Home Improvement Forum
2008年12月29日 · 2 posts · Joined 2008. #1 · Dec 29, 2008. I'm enclosing my carport. The west wall is the existing house. The east side has three steel posts with a support beam attached to them. The roof joists slope from the west wall to the beam on the east side There is a a 6.5" slope. Going north to south the concrete is sloped 4.5" in 28".
Enclosing an attached porch/deck as a sunroom
2011年8月22日 · I am researching the best way to enclose an existing porch (with roof, railings and an outdoor wooden floor) that sits on concrete piers.