Step 5 add.
Making a pitched roof.
Step 4 install roof rafters.
After you decide to build a pitched roof you can layout and cut a rafter pattern.
Firstly you need to get ahold of all the requirements of a roof deck on your pitched roof from the permit.
Lay a framing square flat.
Step 3 install layout ridge.
Building your roof deck on your sloped roof.
Now you have to cut four 2 6 lumbers to 1 foot length for the sill plates which would act as supporting bases.
How to build a pitch roof.
Mark a vertical line parallel with the wall in blue on the rafter and then cut along this line.
I show how i construct it showning in detail how to do the lead flashing.
This is part two of the porch build where i am doing the roof.