Make it the full width of the porch or slightly wider depending on your porch design.
Attaching awning header to brick house.
Check your local code on fastener.
Using a stud finder locate the full left to right width of the header and axial studs.
When the roof of an addition garage porch or patio meets a brick wall the intersection creates a number of concerns.
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.
This allows most awning fasteners to puncture the concrete lap siding and sheathing and make contact with the.
Properly installing a ledger board for your deck is one of the most important structural components of building a safe and strong deck.
Tapcon style concrete screws can be used in place of through bolts in many cases.
That usually is done with a header or ledger board secured to the house.
Step 1 locate a position for a header or ledger board.
These 18 articles will teach you how to install flashing and bolt the ledger connection to the house rim.
Without it the deck and the ledger it s attached to will quickly rot.
Lag bolts are driven through the ledger and the brick or siding and into the house s frame.
Introduction with proper flashing a wood deck will last many years.
How to frame a roof against a brick wall.
Detailed photos in this article show the difference.
Sleeve alls can be used for fastening awnings to brick walls.
Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to.
Attaching a new deck to a house.
Depending on the design of the awning their lower mounts will be approximately two to four inches beyond the edges of the window or door casement.
Build a deck that will last.
Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof.