Building A Patio Cover. Click here for an update to this video. Get the posts pre cut to the size you need at a lumber yard or home improvement center if you don t want to cut them yourself.
How to build a patio cover. The patio area to be covered is fairly large 24 x12 so spanning it became the major obstacle. Laying out the posts patio pergola.
Use a saw to cut the ends of the posts off to make them the height that you determined for your patio cover.
The new patio cover will be built using western red cedar 4x6 posts 4x6 beams and 2x6 rafters of course you can use pressure treated pine redwood or any other suitable framing material to build your patio. We added a covered patio onto our house and not just any patio. A patio with a 30ft span. One of these 13 diy patio cover plans will be just right to meet your roofing needs so check them out today.