Locate a position for a header or ledger board.
Awning ledger board.
Make it the full width of the porch or slightly wider depending on your porch design.
Adding a porch to your mobile home can give you valuable added square footage at least during the warm months.
How to attach a porch to a mobile home.
This is a time consuming process and should be done while the house is being constructed to simplify the process and reduce costs.
See detail 1b page 5.
Five ledger board techniques explained and illustrated.
Ledger wrap is an aluminum.
Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof.
Look in an attic if the location is on a roof slope or check.
So make a mark above 7 to 8 inches and keep a minimum gap of 2 inches at one of the ends.
Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to support the ledger.
The ledger board is attached to the roof with 90 degree heavy duty stanley brackets the brackets need to be bent so the new ledger board is plumb.
The roof top brackets wood ledger board and lag bolts are to be purchased locally by customer.
Make sure you have enough room to install flashing above the ledger board and allow for at least a space above the decking preventing water from wicking upwards into wood siding.
Fastening to masonry walls.
Drill holes for the expanding anchors every 16 inches or as specified by local codes insert the anchors hold the ledger in place and tap it with a hammer to indent the anchor locations on its back face.
Hammer a 1 by 4 by 8 ledger board on the exterior wall of the house using 16 penny nails.
Also you need to keep enough open space approximately 3 4 inches above the top of the mounting bracket and ledger board.
The awning should be at least 7 to 8 feet above the ground or the patio.
The placement of the ledger header determines the level of the roof so be sure it is positioned at the correct height and is horizontal.
A ledger header board is the first step if you are attaching the patio roof to an existing structure.
Awnings are made from simple posts with canvas or aluminum overhangs.
Make sure the nails go.
Any one of these five ledger connection methods properly installed will give you a reliable long lasting deck that is secure.
Start by using plunge cuts across the top and bottom of the horizontal length of the ledger board followed by the shorter vertical cuts for the ends using a.
When fastening ledger header boards to wood the ledger should be held securely with bolts through the.
Minimum of 7 6 from the deck or patio to the top of the mounting bracket and ledger board.
Attaching the porch to the mobile home however can get a little tricky.
Building a porch is a fairly straightforward project for anyone with carpentry experience.
You will need a minimum of 3 of unobstructed room above the top of the mounting bracket and ledger board for the awning to fit properly this measurement increases to 4 with a weatherguard cover.
The brackets are then lag bolted to the roof and sealed watertight.
