I’m Building a lean to carport with a wide rib metal roofing. Aiming for a 2-12 pitch, possibly 3-12.
Anyone know if 2×6 on 16” center strong enough? 24” OC okay? They’ll be resting on a 6×6 cedar and concrete.. and I’ll likely throw down some zip sheeting as well.
spanning 11’ from house to 6×8 cedar beam.
FHB Podcast team chats about adding Larsen trusses to an existing stud-frame home with no additional sheathing.
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Snow load depends on where you are.
Snow load calculator: https://courses.cit.cornell.edu/arch264/calculators/example2.3/
Allowable span calculator: https://www.awc.org/codes-standards/calculators-software/spancalc