The newest DIY addition to the Weekndr abode. A cedar awning over front door.
Mostly to keep the rain and snow from piling up in front of the front door, I got to work this past weekend building a wood awning over the entry to the house. It’s constructed entirely of cedar purchased at my local home center. The support brackets and header beam are 4×4 cedar posts. The roof rafters are cedar 2×4s. And it is roofed with cedar shake over cedar fir strips.
The design is pretty simple. It is based on a few photos I found in magazines and it employs some psuedo-timber-frame joinery . As you can see in the detail photos, all of the parts connect with either half-lap joints or some sort of modified mortise and tenon.
In addition to the mechanical joinery, I drove 4-1/2-in. lag bolts through all of the joints for reinforcement. With some planing, I was able to hide all the bolt heads from view.
I’m hoping to apply a mahogany stain this weekend to finish it off.
The support posts, the header, and the roof rafters all join with half-lap joints or psuedo mortise and tenon joinery. They're reinforced with lag bolts.
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