The house didn't have a roof over the entrance, so every year we have had problems with ice and snow on the stairs.



After I changed the roof, I built this in two days.











What I need now is a last coat of paint

Looks great. Is it normal for the exterior doors to open out? You ever get a lot of snow accumulation to where you can't open your door?

When snow has accumulated up to the door the snow falls in when opening in.

Opening out pushes the snow of the steps. Normally when it is snowing you sweep the stairs
several times a day and before going to bed. Never had problem in the morning to open it up.
The heat from the house and overhang of roof helps to keep the snow away from the top step.

But the major issue is it the house caught fire. Easier to open out instead of in when the hallway is
filled with smoke or debris.

Now we can sit on the stairs and watch the rain or snow coming down.

Here in So Florida, we want out front door opening out so that it makes it more difficult to break in. The police battering ram takes more than one swing to open the out faceing door !!!!

Storm doors open out, but the main door opens in, which puts the hinge inside the house.

You don't need a battering ram, just a drift to knock the hinge pins out.

Bear, with your snow load, you may want to add an additional collar tie at the first rafter in, and add a backup to the outside rafter tie. The snow load over time will push the posts away from each other at the top, and you will see the decorative collar tie joints open up. A large dump of snow from the upper roof could damage the porch roof too.

I know. Been working on it.

The first rafter in is reinforced with steel plating on both sides.
Additional support on the outer posts will be mounted.

Thanks anyway

On the upper roof there are snow guard rails to keep the snow from coming down.

And some wall flashing.

I'm not sure if I'll need one or not. A friend of mine does that for a living
said it was OK as is. The upper roof overhang is 2 feet.

Does what, fails to flash walls?



After looking at your other roof thread, I was surprised at the omission of flashing here. Here we flash any wall, even if it's 8" under a 3' overhang. Wind+Snow+melting from heat loss= water and ice in odd places. It appears you didn't breach the exterior wall in the contruction, so no biggie, but I'd bet you'll see ice creeping down that wall over the winter.