Partial cover for existing deck (3 Viewers)

[cruiserpilot]

Here is the storage area I built onto the side of my cruiser garage. I put these on to show you the 4x4 in the cement blocks. They are $6-8 here. You can see what i meant by the 1x4 stringers now. I layed them on and then screwed the steel roofing down to that.

 

[se2000]

Why not build the permanent roof structure now if it is in your future plans? If you can afford it, build it and then rebuild the deck when you can underneath it.
For me, I'd buy one of those 10' X 10' self supporting deck canopies and take it down when it gets cold. You will want the light coming in during the winter.

 

[agomez]

hip framed covered patio simple and clean.

 

[Spook50]

Hi, I am glad to hear you might have some income soon. Very best of luck!
I enclosed a photo of my rear porch, called a 'hip roof'. This follow the idea you had of putting corrugated vinyl sheeting up. The best way would be to put stingers from about 4' beyond the roof edge so they lay on the existing roof. The issue being how to secure them to the surface. You live in snow country, so even with something as slippery as the corrugated vinyl, you need at least a 3-1 slope. I would hesitate to recommend anything flatter. You need the snow to have a way off. I also see it's about 16' across your deck? You could put a 4x4 ( of course!) in concrete footings just outside the perimeter at the 8 ft mark, but You will need to build a cross beam that it strong enough for that long span, other wise you are going to need a center support post. I totally overbuilt my porch, 8x8 rough cedar, but I live 3 miles from the local mill, and we're friends. But the center span on my porch is only 11'. When it snows here, we get the really wet heavy coastal stuff. I don't even look up there now.
If you copied this design with 4x4 posts and 2x6 rafters, then 1x4 cross bracing to attach the vinyl corrugated roofing it would be very light, and shouldn't break the pocket book.

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That's a good idea. Then I wouldn't have to worry about the deck itself having to support the structure. Ideally I'd like to use a beam that's sturdy enough to not need a post in the middle of a 16' run, so that it doesn't make the deck seem even smaller than it is. Setting up the posts to be part of the permanent structure when the deck is rebuilt would be a good idea, especially if that would allow us to just put on a legit roof (with lighting and speakers of course) when we're ready to (finances being the limiting factor).

 

[se2000]

Unless the space will become indoor space, you can use the metal roof panels that cruiserpilot has for his shed at a very low pitch.
I have an in progess sunroom. Only the floor is there right now but it is 12' above the ground and I have a full block wall basement under it. It is pitched 4" over the 16' run with sheets laying on a plywood deck. It has survived 2 NY winters with no problems, no leaking. So it would be fine for an area not designed weatherproof.
The metal is much more likely to shed snow than a plastic or fiberglass corrugated panel system.

 

[cruiserpilot]

X2^^ The steel is expensive, but worth the money. Also, if in the future you rebuild, with careful removal, totally reusable. I just put steel on another very low slope side shed roof. No worries now there either.

 

[se2000]

I also have it on my shed. It is a 2/12 pitch. 12 x 14. 2x6 framing with 1/2" foamboard as sheathing. I won't walk on it with a foot of snow on it like I would the sunroom "roof" but it's been holding up no leaks for 4 years. The foamboard does a great job of reducing noise and heat gain.
I got into it as a permanent roof replacement for my house. Snow does not build up on any of the roofs.
You do have to get used to the avalanche sounds if you have a 2 or more story structure as the snow flies off.