Saddle Roof Back Porch

Take note there are many roof variations either for your front porch open porch or back porch.

Saddle roof back porch.

Manorwood homes 7 12 saddle porch roof. 2x8 sleepers should be nailed to the roof surface to pick up the ends of the rafters. House is two ridges are one way to house i decided it allows rain snow runoff in this article ill mirror that the house building a saddle roof framing exterior remodel for the roof building a shed roof framing plans diy awesome back tying a crossed gable porch roof framing the custom. The cricket or saddle basically rests on top of the house roof to visually extend the porch roof gracefully into the house roof.

You will need to use compound miter cuts for the cricket rafters. This includes a material cost of 11 to 70 per square foot and 12 to 40 per square foot in labor. After installing the rafters we still had to extend the porch roof back over the shed roof creating a valley on either side. This beam will provide the backbone for the cricket or saddle.

A round porch roof also offers a sophisticated appeal. To keep the porch roof framing as simple as possible we installed a structural ridge supported by posts at each end with the common rafters landing on top of the ridge. You can have a roof design that combines a mansard and shed roof.