Sheds made of metal are structures designed to protect areas in your yard from rain and snow. Naturally, the porch becomes the main (and most common) place for installing sheds made of metal tiles and other materials.
After all, it is the area in front of the door of our house that requires maximum protection - otherwise we cannot avoid moisture, snow, dirt and everything else that we would not like to see in the house.
By and large, any canopy is a kind of continuation of the eaves of the roof.
However, if the building is high enough, then it makes sense to join the metal tile canopy not with the roof, but with the wall above the door - because if we place the canopy too high, then it will not be able to perform its main task.
This is related to the fact that roof over porch protects the porch from vertically falling precipitation - it must also minimize the ingress of moisture due to wind blowing it.
Canopy types
Canopies to protect the porch are divided into:
- Open - in fact, they are simple canopies made of metal tiles, fixed at one end to the wall of the building, and at the opposite end resting on vertical racks
- Closed - in fact, their design repeats the design of open canopies, however, the side walls are also sheathed with material (for example, corrugated board, cellular polycarbonate, etc.)
In this article, we will describe the technology for erecting a canopy from a metal tile that is not tied to the roof. Such a canopy can be erected after the building has been built - and this does not require the dismantling of the roof and its serious alteration.
Visor installation
The visor is mounted directly above the front door. The dimensions of the visor can vary quite a lot, but you should consider:
- Firstly - the dimensions of the lower part of the porch, including steps
- Secondly (when installing a closed-type visor) - the area of \u200b\u200bthe resulting room, since in a room in front of a door with a small area you simply won’t turn around!
The visor is mounted from a metal tile according to the following scheme:
- Based on the size of the house, the dimensions of the front door and the size of the porch, we note the height required for fixing do-it-yourself roofs wall support. With the help of scaffolding, we mark a horizontal line on the wall, on which the support beam will be fixed.
- We fix the support beam to the wall with anchor bolts.
- We install supports at the required distance from the wall.Bars 100x100mm, metal pipes or brickwork can be used as supports. The height of the supports is selected in such a way that, on the one hand, the canopy does not interfere with the opening of the door, and on the other hand, the optimum slope angle of the canopy is maintained (20-25)
Note! A slope that is too gentle collects a large mass of snow on itself, and a slope that is too steep blocks visibility from the door.
- If the supports for the canopy are made of wood, we impregnate them with drying oil or automotive mining. We ground metal supports with red lead. When installing supports under the heel of each, we put a square of several layers of roofing material - it will act as a waterproofing.
- We dig the supports into the ground, align them strictly vertically and set them in the same plane with the house. We fill the racks with concrete, and wait until the concrete is completely dry (at least two days).
- We lay a Mauerlat on the upper ends of the supports - a supporting wooden beam with a section of 100x100mm. We fix the Mauerlat with the help of anchors, and on the horizontal part of the Mauerlat we mark the places for fixing the rafters.
- We cut the rafters (boards 100x40 or 100x50 mm) to size, taking into account the removal of the rafters beyond the edge of the Mauerlat by at least 25-30 cm.
- We lay the rafters with one end on the wall support beam, and with the other end on the Mauerlat. Align and fix the rafters. For fixing, we use galvanized steel brackets or roofing corners.
- On the fixed rafters we build a crate from a bar 50x50 mm.
- Now - we turn to the installation of the roofing material itself.We raise the sheets of metal tiles to the roof with the help of two vertical logs or simply passing them to an assistant standing at the top.
- Having aligned the sheets of metal tiles vertically and horizontally, we fasten them to the crate with galvanized roofing screws with a drill.
Wall junction
When erecting a canopy over the porch, special attention should be paid to arranging the junction of the canopy to the wall, because it is this area that is critical in terms of leaks.
In order to protect ourselves, we lay a special corner bar at the junction of the wall and the canopy.
The plank is laid with one side on the roof, and is attached to the metal tile with self-tapping screws.
The other side of the plank is attached directly to the wall, for which it is best to use dowel-nails. Additionally, this knot can be sealed with transparent silicone.
The joint with the wall arranged in this way is quite tight, and leaks are practically excluded here.
It is in this sequence that the visor is erected over the porch of metal. In the future, you can improve this design by equipping the side walls - but even so, the canopy will regularly protect the entrance to your house from rain and snow.
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