CANTILEVERS

[williamlayton]

In the process of a long planned and oft put off project.
I have a shed. In front of that shed I have a 10x10 paver patio.
I am going to cover this patio.
I am going too use 4x6 treated post at the four coners.
The roof will not tie into the shed roof but will overhang it by 1 foot.
The front of the Patio roof is the concern.
I want to cantilever the roof four feet beyond the front 4x6 supports.
Would one suggest 2x8 or 2x10 stringers--which will be doubled up?
I will have a corrugated metal roof.
Blessings

[DalesCarpentry]

I had to read you post a couple times to try to understand what you are doing. You just plan on putting a roof over a 10x10 patio correct? Are you installing a shed type roof on it? What I mean about a shed type roof is it only slopes in one direction. Like pictured below. Now the part you want to cantilever is that going to be the low side of your roof? You also do not have to worry about a snow load in your part of the country correct? May I ask why you plan to double what you are calling stringers? If you are talking about the roof framing members those would be rafters. If it were me and a snow load was not a concern and the low part of the roof was the part being cantilevered. I would frame it with 2x8'S 16" on center. No need to double anything. The high end of the pitched roof I would install harricane clips on the rafters conecting them to the beam. I would use a double 2x10 beam. I would notch the beam into the 4x6 posts. I hope this helps you out. Dale

[williamlayton]

Dale
Thanx for the reply.
No, I do communicate so poorly.
It IS a covered patio.
It is not a shed type roof as you show.
It is a pitched roof with a cantilever of 4' off the front.
It will be a total span, from front too back of 15 feet.
It will have a 1' overhang in the rear and a 4' overhang (cantilever) in the front.
It will be supported by four 4x6 threated post. The roof pitch from L to R and R to L has yet too be determined.
I think that two doubled up 2x10's--on each side--will support the roof cantilever, but, I am asking for support of this thinking. 
I knew you would know.
Blessings

[DalesCarpentry]

Ok. I better understand what you want to do now. The name of the roof you plan on building is called a gable roof. Below is a shed I built with a gable roof on it. The pitch is a 5 in 12. Yes use doubled 2x10'S for the beam your rafters will sit on. Don't forget you will need ceiling joists to keep it from spreading on you. Dale

[williamlayton]

Thanx dale.
You da man.
I was pretty confidant in the 2x10's but I am aware of the danger of the magic of the mind.
Blessings