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My wife and I will be building a new house this spring and we want it to be almost all brick. The design that we have settled on is a two story with a covered front porch. What’s the best way to run the brick all the way up to the roof and still tie in the roof for the front porch?
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The way we did it was to lay the brick all the way up and then attach the porch roof. Actually behind the roof we laid 4" block stood on side rather than brick. It laid up faster than brick. We lag bolted 4X4 pressure treated blocks to the structure and also ran long carriage bolts from the structure to tie the roof in. Then when the framer returned to attach the roof he just had to bolt a band board for the rafters and one for the ceiling joists to the house.
Another way that we considered was to go ahead and frame the rafters and joists and then lay between. Seemed like too much work for no gain.
Make sure that the roof is well counter flashed so that no moisture runs down the face of the brick. Any wood in contact with the brick will need to be pressure treated.
Good luck,
John
*Lay up the front with brick or block(to save time and money) but put in "whistles" to have a spot to bolt a ledger for the roof to. Use whistles made of lead, not just chunks of wood that will shrink or expand and screw up the masonry work.
*The whistles don't sound like a bad idea. Actually sound better than the PT wood. Where do you get them? Also remember that I stated that we also ran bolts to the structure.John
*Masons like for the roof to be on before they start laying brick. I'll be doing the framing and subing the roofing. So will I have to call the roofer back to finish the front porch or can I frame it and leave some type of ledger for the mason. I need some clarification on the sequence of work.
*I'm kornfused, the mason's WANT the roof structure in place? What kind of roof are we talking about here? Whistles are available at every brickyard. Talk to the commercial guy(they use them the most)