I was thinking of building a carport for the caravan next to the spiketältet. I immediately felt that high-profile roofing sheets would be the simplest since the things need to be assembled 35 miles away up in the mountain area. The idea is to put up a support beam parallel to the porch and simply lay the roofing sheets resting on the porch and the beam. The porch has a basically flat roof, about 7 degrees, and slopes away from the planned carport. Is this too simple and simply not sustainable? See picture. With high-profile sheets, can you completely skip the roof joists or do you need to have them, but in smaller dimensions, for stability?
I was thinking of screw piles 0.7m long for the three posts.

Illustration of a building plan showing a red house with a proposed carport structure using beams and pillars for support, alongside construction measurements and technical data.
 
If you choose, for example, Plannja 70 with sufficient sheet thickness, it can be self-supporting between the load-bearing beam and the house wall, allowing you to skip the roof rafters. If you opt for a slightly stronger glulam beam, such as 78x270, you can exclude the center post. However, the construction must be stabilized with studs between the load-bearing beam and the house wall in two places. While waiting for the roof sheet to be installed, a temporary diagonal in the plane of the roof is needed.
 
Any idea about the dimension of the bracing between the bearing beam and the house wall? Is 45x95 sufficient? Do you need to cross-brace between the posts?
 
ltfrebac ltfrebac said:
Any idea on the dimensions for the bracing between the support beam and the house wall?
It's mostly a matter of appearance. I would suggest 45x145 positioned so that they resemble fascia boards but beneath the metal edge. Additional bracing for the posts is not needed as the metal handles that task.
 
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