How To Attach A Verandah To A House

One of the main considerations when designing your verandah or patio is how to attach it to your house. Here at Melbourne Garages there are three main options we use with the SOL outdoor verandah and patios. Let’s look at the following options:

• Wall connection
• Roof Extenda brackets
• Fascia connection

Let’s briefly look at the advantages of each one to help determine which is most suited for your project.

Wall Connection

Connecting the verandah or patio roof to an existing wall can be the best option when attaching to a tall existing structure. Suitable for when you have a two storey residence and the existing eave would be too high to use the fascia and Roof Extenda bracket methods. This method is suitable for most wall types ensuring you use the correct wall anchors or screws. It can be helpful when building close to the boundary, where heights need to be kept low to comply with local building regulations.

Roof Extenda Brackets

Attaching to the fascia or wall maybe not the best option due to the height of your existing residence. The Roof Extenda brackets give you the ability to raise your verandah or patio roof above the existing eave height of the house. Fixing to the existing rafters of your home, they come in various heights giving you the flexibility to set the verandah or patio up above your existing roof line to the height required.

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Fascia Connection

The most popular method by far is the fascia connection method. This method ensures your verandah or patio complements your existing house. It provides a neat, watertight connection without requiring any modification to the existing house gutter. The SOL patio and verandahs use a structural gutter to connect to the fascia. They have galvanised steel brackets that provide a strong connection that is going to ensure your investment stands the test of time.

 

Hopefully, this has given a bit of insight into the different connection methods we use here at Mornington Peninsula Sheds to attach the SOL verandah and patio roofs to your house. Based on the Mornington Peninsula, we aim to provide quality steel structures to best suit your lifestyle and existing property. From verandahs and patios, modern double garages or to the classic outback farm shed. Feel free to contact us to discuss the design for your project. We can provide a free quote and let you know the steps involved to get from concept to completion.

Versatile, Undercover Farm Solutions

With the rain having finally hit, and daylight savings coming to an end, it’s really starting to feel like Autumn – which means it’s time to get your undercover storage sorted!
We can build farm sheds to just about any size and style, with many options for open or closed bays to provide versatility in storing your hay and machinery over the wet Winter months.

Style and Function

This striking shed has been finished in horizontal corrugated Colorbond Steel, in Surfmist and Dune for a stylish and modern finish. At 7x 9m with 2m lean-to and a 30 degree roof pitch, it’s an excellent example of how playing with cladding styles and window sizes can create a truly unique looking shed.

This shed features roller doors, personal access doors and glass sliding doors to ensure easy access for both personal entry and vehicular access.

A mezzanine floor has been added for additional storage room, with the high set window providing abundant natural light in the upstairs section.

This stylish shed is both aesthetically appealing and highly functional.

Creating the Ultimate Man Cave Shed for You

It’s that one thing that pretty much every man dreams of: to one day have their own man cave. That little nook they can retreat to after a long day’s work, where they can just block out the world and indulge in their choice of leisure.

Now, that dream can easily be turned into a reality with just a few tricks of the trade. No matter what your interests or hobbies are, whether you’re after a space to do your own thing or one to share with mates, you can build the manliest man cave to suit your tastes with a savvy custom design shed.

For the gamer
Create your very own gaming zone with a shed fit for the techiest of tech-heads. Here, it’s all about creating a dark and reclusive environment, so we suggest eliminating windows, installing insulation and installing lockable doors for less lighting and security. Internet and electrical connections will also be a must to maintain that extensive gaming library of yours (and to keep the bar fridge running, of course). Finish it all off with some uber-comfortable couches and splashes of sharp interior colours.

For the handyman
When creating a home workshop, there are a couple of things to keep in mind. Letting that natural light pour in is essential when working with tools (lest you mistake your finger for a nail while wielding the hammer), so be gracious with skylights and windows in the design of your shed. Furthermore, the whole idea of a handyman’s workshop is to totally immerse yourself in those DIY projects, so why not add a personal access doors to really make this place your own private abode.

For the lad’s lad
If you’re the kind of guy who loves a beer over a footy game with a few good mates, a man cave shed is essential. For the ultimate boys’ den, you have the choice of inserting internal dividing walls to break up your space: use these nifty additions to designate the bar area, the games area, and the TV area. Furnish the space with a wide-screen plasma, a dartboard, a poker table and of course, a large fridge to host the all-essentials. Extra points for an attached verandah to house the barbie.

For the die-hard car enthusiast
Turn things up a notch and kick into high-luxury gear with a space to store all your motor vehicle artefacts. Here, you’re obviously going to need lots of space, so a multi-door garage is going to be your best bet. Add windows for light and insulation to maintain your pride and joy, and perhaps choose a glass sliding door – a fitting entrance for your car enthusiast friends. Complete your shed by opting for high-grade wall cladding such as Colorbond Steel Weatherboard to give your prized possessions the protection they deserve.

For the bookworm
The idea of a personal library is any literature-lover’s dream, so why not allow yourself to fall deeply into a book by creating your own leather-bound man cave shed. Here, you can class it up a bit with big, plush armchairs, standing lamps and mahogany side tables, while foregoing one of your walls to create an inexpensive bookshelf out of a few boards. Make sure you choose to have your shed insulated to keep you toasty during those indulgent late-night readings.