Pergola Roof Overhang

When the girders are cantilevered beyond the posts or the rafters are cantilevered beyond the girders any overhang shorter than 12 inches looks truncated i went with 18 inch overhangs here.

Pergola roof overhang.

High end retractable awning with aluminum structure pergola roof offers lasting and aesthetic systems to make use of your patio terrace and backyard all year around. Remember too that the pergola will look different from various vantage points. The manufacturer s guidelines say the pitch should be 1 1 2 for each foot of paneling. You can put them down right over the top of your pergola like a roof.

The big kahuna the sombrero the fedora pergola kits and the brim pergola kits all have 6 posts. My pergola roof is about 7 wide. These roofing panels are intended to be installed on a sloped roof rather than a flat one. Each of our standard size pergola kits is designed with an overhang of the rafters and beams to the outside of the posts so that the roof structure is a bit larger than the area inside the posts.

Pergola roof retractable awning louver and sunroom systems. So to raise the roof on one end would require a 10 1 2 drop. This is shown and explained in step 2 and step 3. And if you don t need the shade but still want to stay dry you can even install clear ones like i did over my outdoor bar.

Since my pergola doesn t have a slope i wanted to add something that would at least prevent the water from puddling in the middle of the roof.