Challenges in the bike shed...

[Gustaf.P]

I'm working on a bike parking at home, and as an enthusiastic amateur, mistakes are bound to happen. One thing I didn't consider when sketching this was the meeting of the roof beams with the front support beam. Since the support beam is angled relative to the roof beams, they rest at different lengths. This results in the roof sloping. To get the roof level, I need to build up under the roof beams in different steps so that they all end up at the same height.

The question is how to do this in the best way. I cut a piece as a test that I screwed under the beam, but... how is this usually done?

 

[Gunnar Johansson69]

Depends on how picky you are. But I would have loosened the load-bearing line and adjusted it. If the post is not tall enough, I would have replaced it.

Alternatively, blocks as you suggest

 

[Gustaf.P]

Depends on how picky you are. But I would have loosened the ledger and adjusted it. If the post isn't tall enough, I would have replaced it.

Alternatively, shims as you suggest yourself

How would you go about adjusting the ledger? It's already level.
Would you make level differences in it like steps?

 

[SueCia]

What are the joist hangers screwed into? Is it just the ledger board or are they attached to the underlying beams?

 

[Gustaf.P]

What are the joist hangers screwed into? Is it just the ledger board or are they attached to underlying beams?

Two of them go through into the underlying structure and two are just in the ledger board. Not completely confident, I know... considering reinforcing it somehow even though I think it will actually hold.

 

[Gunnar Johansson69]

How would you go about adjusting the beam? It's leveled.
Would you create level differences in it like steps?

Viewed from the front, adjust the front beam to the right upwards so that it meets the truss without your block. Or am I completely wrong?

 

[Fotografen]

Seen from the front, you want the front beam to be level, otherwise it looks odd.
I would have used your block.

 

[topmount]

What kind of roof will you have? The question is whether it might look more okay with different roof angles so you instead get a straight front edge, i.e. that you align the roof at the same height at the front.

 

[Gustaf.P]

From the front, adjust the front beam to the right upwards so that it meets the rafter without your block. Or am I thinking completely wrong?

No, that won't work. The reason is that the beam is angled and meets the beam on a shorter edge than the beam on the opposite side. Look at the paving stone and the asphalt and you'll see the angle.

 

[Gustaf.P]

What kind of roof are you going to have? The question is whether it doesn't look more okay with different roof angles so that you instead get a straight front edge, i.e., that you land the roof at the same height in the front.

It will be ordinary plastic roofing.