Any carport gurus out there...got design questions...

[Huntindad]

I have a detached garage with a driveway pad out front that I would like to put a car port over. Would like to attach it to the garage and re- roof the garage to match the house.

House is R panel metal roof.

My dilemma is the roof line of the car port up against the garage. I could go with a flat roof design but that would leave a gap between the car port and garage.

IDEAS ????

[flywise]

From the center point of the garage roof you could run a beam towards the camera position in that pic. Change the garage roof line to match the carport roof

[Huntindad]

yeah...been think along those lines. Would have to be a fairly low carport roof line though.

My worry is the left roof line of the garage.(opposite the walk in door)

[TexMax]

Don't think you're gonna get what you are looking for from a box carport. Without having someone build it; extend your slab right so you can center the carport, throw a gutter on the front of the garage and overlap your new roof.

[Huntindad]

I am not adverse to having it built. Thought about doing it myself, but not liking my design options.

[Huntindad]

morning bump

[Huntindad]

guess I'll wing it...

[Draco]

Do you have a preference in roof style? Like a single pitch or gable? I have built them where they go over the existing roof about a foot and drain onto the house roof. This is usually when the house is guttered. You can also drain toward the street and run it over the house roof a foot or so. These are usually built with very low pitches, 1 in 12 or 1/2 in 12 so the part that goes over the house isn't even seen from the street. Doing it all in metal, you would only need 4 posts out of 4" square tube on anchor plates with four 1/2" anchors in each one. Two rafters and 6 purlins. Would cost about $2,000 to build. If you want the walk through covered then would need 2 more posts so would cost a little more. If you want to do it, let me know and I'll help you along, no problem.

If you want a gabled roof then you would be better doing it out of wood coming out of the house roof but it would be considerably more expensive.

[Huntindad]

Bob,

the picture was taken at the end of the concrete slab. About 28' deep and about 24' wide.

if I went gables, I was hoping to tie it to the garage roof. I can run a gutter along the front of the garage. I had thought about a flat roof design. My neighbor has one.

[Draco]

The single pitch is a lot cheaper and really, just as good. It also lets you deal with the run off on one end instead of two sides. Let me know if I can help you in any way.

[Boss Buck]

Just over lap it and let the gutter catch the rain

[Boss Buck]

That read rude. I just meant.. as an ideal.

[Huntindad]

It's all good bud. I figured that is what you were meaning.

I would really like to tie it into the garage roofline. The location of the driveway more on one side of the garage than the other is giving me fits. I really think the flat single pitch is what I will end up with... and yeah, I'll probably over lap the garage roof a little and put in a gutter. I don't want to have a gap between the carport and garage.

[Kbar]

If you want it to tie into the existing garage roof line and look like an original part of the house then you will need to have trusses - either wood or steel built to match.
You can load bear the left with no problem, but if you want it to cover over and tie into the door to the right, you have to have a cantilever bearing location at the edge of the drive.
Itll take someone to run loading for live and dead weight as well as uplift.

Text this guy ----- J -e- f-f-r-e @ five Juan t00 - nine seven juan tree juan juan seeks.
You might even include a link back to this so he can kinda see what you are looking for.
He can probably work with you to get the trusses built as well.

Tell him that K Bar referred you to him.

[Huntindad]

Kbar--- pm sent