How To Jack Up A Porch Roof
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How to jack up a porch roof. Stakes go down about 18 to 24 could also use a permanent steel or wood posts in place then just build around it if your not changing out the footing. Put your level on the porch roof beam parallel to the front of the porch and that is probably what you ll find happened. Measure from the porch beam to the jack and cut the 4 4 to just under this length. Bird mouth the top cut and dig a small kicker in at the bottom of course i ll usually have post jacks in place somewhere so i can slightly jack up the roof to release the column.
Jacking up and support porch roof to replace posts trade porch roof support post porch roof support post temporarily supporting porch roof general discussion how to repair a sagging support beam tos diy front porch progress no more sagging roof addicted 2 decorating. Install another bracket in this position. In this video i jack up the corner of porch roof so that i can successfully install a section of half round gutter. Using 8 x 8 x 8 half cinder blocks i build a column to support the jack i would use to raise the porch.
I started by sitting the jack on the porch floor immediately above the porch s skirt board. I set it about a foot out from the house as not to interfere with where i needed to work on the column. Position a jack directly under the porch beam next to the column. The 4 ton jack that came with my ford transit van was more than sufficient to raise the porch a couple of inches.
Stand a post up in the bracket and hold a level on its side. The jack did all the work. With this initially setup i was able to get about 7 8. Using a scrap piece of durock cement board i cranked the jack up to give it pressure enough to hold it in place.
Raise the sagging side back up where it belongs and you ll be able to install equal length posts. Once it is plumb mark the position on the porch roof. Fortunately the adjustment i needed to make was a common size. Position a mounting bracket at one of the marks on the bottom of the porch.