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Anyone have a metal patio roof that is sandwiched in between two parts of their house?
Posted on 12/1/24 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 12/1/24 at 8:51 pm
I know I've seen some houses that have your basic "U" shape in the back and in the middle of that "U" is the patio. Trying to help a friend track down some ideas and how it would look using a metal roof mixed with the shingles, yet still sloped to allow water to run off.
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Posted on 12/1/24 at 8:56 pm to SouthernInsanity
My mother's last house had a breezeway of sorts between the house and garage. It was covered in a glass, to be like an open air sun room, I'm guees.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 9:58 pm to SouthernInsanity
You could use a separate structure above or below the roof line. Need to consider water drainage.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 9:59 am to SouthernInsanity
Following. Our house is also U shaped with a concrete open air patio in the middle. Eventually we want to cover it and do outdoor kitchen/fireplace/sitting area/etc. but not sure best way to go about it.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 10:23 am to SouthernInsanity
This thread has some ideas
You basically have to come to terms with it not being tied in to the existing roof, because it would cost an arm and a leg to do so (would require ripping up existing roof to build out crickets)
good luck
You basically have to come to terms with it not being tied in to the existing roof, because it would cost an arm and a leg to do so (would require ripping up existing roof to build out crickets)
good luck
Posted on 12/2/24 at 11:28 am to SouthernInsanity
We have that. Hearthroom one side and Master suite other side.
There was a cedar pergola type between the space. I added boards to hold the metal roofing then put the roof up. The metal roof sits just below the gutters of the roof surrounding it. Later I enclosed the space into a screened in porch.
Will try to find a picture.
ETA pic:
Not the best, but all I have currently:
There was a cedar pergola type between the space. I added boards to hold the metal roofing then put the roof up. The metal roof sits just below the gutters of the roof surrounding it. Later I enclosed the space into a screened in porch.
Will try to find a picture.
ETA pic:
Not the best, but all I have currently:
This post was edited on 12/2/24 at 11:34 am
Posted on 12/2/24 at 1:58 pm to SouthernInsanity
The height of your roof at the gutters will matter here. If its tall you can go under them but most that I have seen are lower so the patio roof has to go over the gutters.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 4:12 pm to SouthernInsanity
Yes, I have just this on my patio. The 2 sides are lower than the end, so we were able to connect to the house. The gray beam you see was from a previous pergola I built. Aluminum cover extends over the gutters, but you can still see some light coming through underneath. Had this installed about 4 1/2 years ago after we had a new roof put on.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 10:51 am to Sir Saint
quote:Despite some saying it looks cheap, we absolutely love ours shown in that thread. The only issue we have, and I am not sure exactly how to fix it is, rain running off the new roof can actually splash drops through the gap. Now, it's not a lot of water by any means, but it's not perfectly dry in some rains. We are going to look at wider gutters, or maybe flashing of some sort eventually.
This thread has some ideas
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:05 am to AlxTgr
While not a U shape, same idea
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