I bought a small cabin in East Texas. It needs quite a bit of work but i'm fairly handy and able. It has a covered front porch that is tied to the roof but has a smaller slope. The shingles began leaking at some point and the decking is rotted and needs to be replaced. I'm going to replace the roof as well so when i remove all the shingle i'll tackle this job. My question is, what is the proper way to tie on and transition a covered porch to an existing roof?

I recently purchased a 5ft porch swing with max load of 500 lbs that I’d like to install on my front porch. The porch has wooden bead board for the ceiling. I’d prefer to try and work without removing the ceiling if possible. I can access the porch ceiling from above through some access points on the second floor. the porch ceiling has stick construction with 2x6 joists that are 16” on center. The joists run perpendicular to the house. I would like to hang the swing parallel to the joist. Based on similar threads, I understand reinforcing is necessary. What I’m not sure of is if I can block with 4x4s between two 2x6 joists and drill through the 4x4s and through the bead board ceiling to attach an eye bolt to hang the swing? mathematically it seems two joists blocked together should meet the weight specification?