When we were having our roof redone we decided to redo the back porch roof line as well. This is what the original porch roof line looked like in the below picture. It’s not a very good picture of it but it was the only one I could find back in my photo records. (You sure can tell it was awhile ago by all the formers tenants stuff about.) It was tacked on like an after thought. Whenever Lee walked out onto the porch he always felt like he was going to whack his head on the supporting beam that went across.
So then we came to our back porch dilemma. How do you build a back porch roof line that doesn’t look completely plain while keeping it small? We had some constraints as we couldn’t make it too wide as it would cover the windows on either side of it. We also couldn’t make it too deep as then it would crowd the wood shack. We couldn’t just tack it on like the last one as Lee wanted to be able to walk out comfortably on it.
We ended up making the new porch roof line start farther up on the roof. That way we could get a slightly bigger porch roof and it saved Lee’s head. The final dimensions of it came to 12′ wide by 8′ deep. The rafter tails are trimmed flush with the fascia and it has a beam that goes across it with a decorative overhang. AC Plywood was used, finish side down, on the under roof so we will have a nice smooth surface to paint.
Lee and I are pretty pleased with how it turned out. Right now the porch roof just has two pressure treated 4×4′s holding it up on top of concrete pads that were also newly put in. When we get around to rebuilding the porch we will put in tapered pillars that will somewhat match the pillars that we plan on putting on the front porch. At least that is our current plan. We always seem to change our minds a lot. That will be a ways down the road though as we have so much to do inside the house still. I had to prime the supporting beam to keep the wood from cracking. I need to get around to primming the rest of it.
Nicely done! You are such hard workers! And you do such quality work! I hope you are never planning on moving from this house – you’ve put so much into it!
That definitely looks more functional! I find it interesting too, how current structure requires a lot of thinking and problem solving. It looks like you’re doing good planning and tying the porches together with the same pillars will work well. We’re the same as you though, we change our minds a lot!
Oh, and before I forget, I got our bathroom sconces at Lowes.