Hey,
I’m a relatively new home owner, so apologies for the noob questions and probably incorrect terminology (and there will be more to come I’m afraid as I want to improve the car port!).
The roof is leaky on the lean-to car port. It has polycarbonate corrugated panels that have gone brittle, and the wood is a bit unsightly. I was considering replacing with flat 10mm or 16mm panels as they seem more robust and it would be easier for me in the future to build a wall on the boundary that offers a bit of separation, weather-proofing and mild soundproofing.
The current set up is 3x4” joists somewhat unevenly spaced from my house wall to the boundary, but roughly 2m apart. Then there are cross beams (purlins?) on top about 600cm apart.
I wanted to remove the purlins and add in more 3x4 joists to make them ~1m apart (as I have 2 spare from shortening the car port already). Then I can just add the flat polycarbonate roofing with snap down glazing bars attached to the joists. In my mind, if I do that and sand down the joists, that will look much cleaner, not dissimilar from my conservatory roof.
The problem is, If I want to do this, I have no idea what to do with the gutter. For one thing, it’s attached to a purlin. This odd arrangement seems to be because the posts and beans on the boundary are shared between me and my neighbour. Any ideas on options?
Comedy diagram below…
Thanks!
I’m a relatively new home owner, so apologies for the noob questions and probably incorrect terminology (and there will be more to come I’m afraid as I want to improve the car port!).
The roof is leaky on the lean-to car port. It has polycarbonate corrugated panels that have gone brittle, and the wood is a bit unsightly. I was considering replacing with flat 10mm or 16mm panels as they seem more robust and it would be easier for me in the future to build a wall on the boundary that offers a bit of separation, weather-proofing and mild soundproofing.
The current set up is 3x4” joists somewhat unevenly spaced from my house wall to the boundary, but roughly 2m apart. Then there are cross beams (purlins?) on top about 600cm apart.
I wanted to remove the purlins and add in more 3x4 joists to make them ~1m apart (as I have 2 spare from shortening the car port already). Then I can just add the flat polycarbonate roofing with snap down glazing bars attached to the joists. In my mind, if I do that and sand down the joists, that will look much cleaner, not dissimilar from my conservatory roof.
The problem is, If I want to do this, I have no idea what to do with the gutter. For one thing, it’s attached to a purlin. This odd arrangement seems to be because the posts and beans on the boundary are shared between me and my neighbour. Any ideas on options?
Comedy diagram below…
Thanks!
