| Your description of the carport structure lacks enough detail to make a suggestion impossible. The carport has three 4x4 posts on the outer side, but the inner side rests on the house roof at three points, about 2-3 feet from the edge of the house roof. The house roof is medium cedar shake and the carport roof is metal (galvanized zinc). The carport roof is sloped away from the house, so rain runs off to the outer side. Ill be putting up a new roof for the house sometime next year. Except for the slope angles, it looks something like this (== is the carport roof): |
| It also looks like the posts for the carport are butted right up against a hillside (or maybe thats just a decorative wall)? So, it doesnt look like you can really move the posts very far anyway. |
| I want to move the carport roof away from the house roof, so I need to support the inside of the carport roof with new 4x4 posts. To make the least movement and changes, I want to anchor new posts to support the carport roof (no change in height and slope), but cutting back the roof so that it no longer rests or covers the house roof. There will be a gap between the edge of the inner side of the carport roof and the edge of the house roof as a result of this. |
| 3. Add a new beam and posts in the middle of the carport to support the existing roof load (so one car can fit on the right side of the posts). Then add a new beam and posts further out, and add new rafters between the two new beams. This would put posts right in the middle of the carport though, between the two cars. Youd still have to tear into the existing roof, so Id still go with option #2 if you insist on widening the carport. |
| I have an attached carport that is built by the previous owner. It has a metal roof. One side rest on the roof, about two feet from the edge of the roof. The resting is of course a very bad thing to have, since the area under the carport never see the sun. Overall, the thing is still in a good condition, and I would like to keep it. |
