If you extend the concrete pad over the roots of the tree, you'll kill it.

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Thank you! my red line in my photo was too far out. i would have the pad end at the corners of the house before the tree. i love the look of the first roof!

If you are installing a roof you will need to strip the metal and tie it into the current roof to have any sort of head room clearance as the current roof line comes down pretty low to start with.

is there anything else that can be done to cover that patio area to eventually screen it in similar to this pic i saw on google? or is my only option to strip the metal to tie into current roof, as you mentioned? here is my elevation as well. I believe its 9’1”.

Looks like a new house ... why wasn't the porch planned in the original design?

That elevation does not match the house you have.

"We are going to . . . "

Make sure "We" includes a local competent architect. There is a lot more information needed to make an viable design.

Its designed on the engineered plans for a concrete patio. we just left it off the build bc we were unsure if was in our budget at first. here is a pic of the back elevation.

Your pictured home is two story so the porch roof was framed using the side of the home. Should have thought the plan thru further when you originally removed the porch because the only way to build it properly is to tie it into the main roof or the porch will have a 5-6' high roof.

Some kind of shed roof with the same material as the existing roof

First how will you use this space and does it need an actual roof at all? That treewill continue to grow and probably need a huge pruning before you do anything at all. Not sure how useful a tiny patio will be in that spot. Why not do a small porch there like a landing and do the much more useful patio off the the right

The house wasn't designed correctly to have a covered patio there. And there is no good armchair solution at all. You would need to rebuild the existing roof to tie in a shed roof at the current peak and at shallower angle, in order for the end height to not be munchin level. Which wouldn't look good. It would be weird. You can't extend a gable forward there and create a V of incipient water damage next to the other gable. You cannot extend a gable out from the gable on the left without creating some complexities, and a rebuild.

You need to put the whole thing on hold until you are ready to rebuilt the roof entirely. It will also need footers poured, so there's no point in even doing a slab there without a proper design.

Because your roof line is so low, the only way to attach a solid roof to create a screened in porch it to advance up the existing roofline.

Keep in mind that adding the porch will significantly reduce the amount of light entering the windows on the front of the house and make the house darker on the inside.

The door is 6’8 in my photo. the slab that is to be poured is a 4inch step down with 12x20 footers. in my mind, i thought a porch cover similar to what celery posted, would work? 8 ft for height is all we need. I never expected a porch with roof to be built into the foundation of the house. Would this idea that celery mentioned not work? in florida where we are the land is all sand… almost like a beach. we just wanted somewhere to sit with chairs and a table with some shade and to screen it in so we arent eaten alive by the mosquitos .

What about a free standing screened in pergola? won’t block light from the home and even a very nice one will be cheaper than messing with your roof etc

Well, that sounds depressing LOL! so i have no logical option except dont do a porch, or restructure the whole dang roof right?

No that is not true. People add on strictures all the time to their homes. Why not engage someone local who can help you sort this out. There are definitely ways to make this happen for you in some capacity

Yes, you will need to remove parts of the roof and siding the make that happen the correct way. Otherwise, you will just be pouring water into your house. Same with even doing a slab patio there. You have to think like a raindrop. It has to be sloped, with a way for the water to leave from around the house. Possibly a swale to direct the runoff that additional impervious surfaces create.

The lesson for this is to always plan your plans from the beginning. If the architectural plans had included the idea of a covered porch from the beginning, you would have ended up with a different house, and the work would have been easier and cheaper. Same with even a concrete patio. All of that is best planned from the beginning. It's cheaper to do while building as well. It costs more after when you have to add on.

Now, were you to extend one of the gables forward, that's a far easier way to extend the roof for an outdoor living space. That would still require all the structural tie ins and water management, but would be far easier to accomplish.

Thank you for that detailed explanation. i was under the assumption the concrete patio was planned on the engineered plans. just not the roof. i guess it was poorly planned. i guess we could leave the roof as is, put gutters on the house and do a patio with a 2% slope for water to run off… with a pergola for a place to sit And grill?

Talk to someone local and get an accurate answer. Honestly the advice wife is great but you really need someone there giving you all your options.

What about doing on the other side of the house where you already seem to have a covering over your door? a hovering

Im curious…what does the back of your home look like?? can something be done there?

Oh dear!!! I now see that IS THE REAR!!! My bad!

Same kind of roof, but to make it tall enough, will have to alter the house roof and that can be expensive. I envy you with the metal roof - love the sound when it rains.

The siding needs to be replaced with nice metal as that looks like vinyl (looks cheaper and does not last), and the color is horrid. A lighter color with a dark trim would be more "normal". If it is metal, paint it! Choose a trim color just a shade darker or lighter than the roof. The window frames should not be the "focus point" of the house - remember that the eye is always drawn to the lightest color - only use light colors if you want them to pop out.

Talk to an architect and plan things out professionally. I would not do anything to the front (tree side) and instead put a screened porch on the back.

Tree side is the rear @hollywatwrfall

It was my bad, realized it afterwards. Can something go on the right side of the house? Are there bedrooms on that end etc.?

The siding is horizontal hardie board not vinyl. Im leaning towards just doing an aluminum screened in pool cage type thing to keep bugs out, instead of messing with the roof. makes sense to screen in front porch instead.

I do think the white around the windows is throwing off the whole look. which looks better?

Honestly I think it is a very cute house and that you absolutely can work with someone local to get what you want in a back patio and screened in area.

I agree with west coast hope!! House is cute, like the color, but do think toning the window trim color down would be nice and not break the bank.

avairy… the right side of the house is our drain field for the septic so i dont think anything can go there. it would have been a perfect spot. thank you so much for the compliments on the house and thank you west coast too!

I would go all dark on the windows and paint the front door a different colour to make it pop.