How to Build a Small Wooden Overhang for a Mobile Home Door

Attaching a wooden door overhang is an attractive way to provide shelter for the doorway of your mobile home. Depending on the size and design, the overhang can protect you and your visitors from sun and rain when opening the door to enter or exit the home. A wood overhang adds permanence and elegance to the doorway, increasing curb appeal and bringing a natural component to the mobile home's generally man-made materials. These overhangs can be interwoven with vines or other plants for a truly natural look.

Stud finder
2 treated 2-by-4s, 24-inch
Drill
Wood drill bits
Galvanized wood screws, 5-inch
2 treated 2-by-4s, 36-inch
Galvanized wood screws, 4-inch
2 treated 2-by-4, 40-inch
Treated 2-by-4s, 45-inch
Galvanized wood screws, 3-inch

Instructions

- 1
  Locate and mark the supporting studs around the top of the door frame on either side of the door. Note where they extend upward from the door.
- 2
  Position a 24-inch treated 2-by-4 vertically along the side of the door, near the top, so that three inches of the board extends below the top of the door, and the rest extends above it. Rest the large surface of the board against the wall over a stud. Drill holes every six inches through the board and into the stud in the wall. Attach the board with 5-inch galvanized wood screws. Repeat with another board on the other side of the door.
- 3
  Set a 36-inch treated 2-by-4 perpendicularly against the outside of each vertical board, so that it sticks out horizontally from the wall, with one end against the wall and the large face of the board against the outside edge of the vertical board.
- 4
  Drill three holes through the outside of each horizontal board and into each vertical board. Attach the boards with 4-inch galvanized wood screws.
- 5
  Position a 40-inch treated 2-by-4 board across the ends of the horizontal boards. Drill three holes through this cross board and into the end of each horizontal board. Attach the cross board to the horizontal boards with 4-inch galvanized wood screws.
- 6
  Hold another 40-inch board against the vertical boards, all the way at the top, so that the top surface of the 40-inch board is even with the top of the vertical boards. Place the wider surface of the board against the vertical boards. Drill four holes through this cross board and into each vertical board. Attach using 5-inch wood screws.
- 7
  Set a treated 45-inch 2-by-4s diagonally across the top cross board and the bottom cross board so that the largest face of the diagonal board touches the cross boards.
- 8
  Drill two holes down through the diagonal board and into each cross board, being careful with the spacing as the diagonal board will be touching only the edge of each cross board. Attach the diagonal board with a 3-inch galvanized wood screw.
- 9
  Repeat to add additional diagonal boards as close to each other as desired.

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