Detached Patio Cover

Personally, I'd try and put the high end of the cover beneath the eave of the house if you can still get sufficient slope and height at the low end. Otherwise you have rain getting in under the cover....even with gutters.

I built something just like this, 20x14, and rain water continued to be blown on the patio. I added some flashing as a barrier to prevent that.

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Personally, I'd try and put the high end of the cover beneath the eave of the house if you can still get sufficient slope and height at the low end. Otherwise you have rain getting in under the cover....even with gutters.

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I'm looking to put something exactly like that on the outter area of my carport over the driveway.
If there's an existing gutter already in place how does rain still get in??? If it does it seems it would be pretty minimal.

That's kind of how I want mine to look except not that fancy. I live in a shack.

So he has a bracket that ties in to the eave instead of having 4 posts support it? I was kind of trying to avoid tying anything to the house in case a storm wants to rip it off but those look like a good idea.

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Cedar solutions has those too. I think they call them skylifts on their website. I can't see how you would get water in even with Gutters

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https://www.skylifthardware.com/

damn these are pretty cool. I wish I'd known about them a month ago before I replaced my roof.

I just finished a project exactly like that, but it's 23' wide and 39' long(along the side of the house). I do get some water in during a rain, but haven't tried a remedy yet. I have a gutter and it doesn't prevent water from coming in. I am planning to tie my into my house in order to stabilize it more. I won't tie it into the eaves, but into some of the carport beams under the eaves.

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If there's an existing gutter already in place how does rain still get in??? If it does it seems it would be pretty minimal.

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You're going to get splashing unless the overlap is lengthy. Add in that went the wind blows from about 40% of the 360 degrees possible, the rain will be blown in. Maybe not just like being rained on, but definitely enough to drive you inside. I guess there would be some way to install flashing or screens to prevent but it seems like a big guess to do so.

Just a word of warning: 25+ years ago I owned a house with what was practically a detached carport, only the carport was technically tied to the house by two planks that connected the carport's eaves to the house's eaves. While my homeowner's insurance company was inspecting the house, the inspector told me my premium was going to be higher because the carport would be considered "attached" vs. "detached" because of the two planks which were purely for aesthetic purposes. I don't remember how much higher, but it was enough of an increase to make me get a ladder and cut off the 2 planks.

You might want to check with your homeowners' insurance agent to see if it makes a difference on your premiums.

yall should post pictures. I been working on ideas for a couple years now. planning on doing my slab early next year

It's also dealing with coverages - Coverage A would be anything attached to the structure, coverage B would be anything not attached (like fence, sheds). Most people have pretty low limits for coverage B, so it's actually advantageous to have it connected to the structure, imo, and have it be considered part of the dwelling.