Bracing Up A Porch Roof

This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house.

Bracing up a porch roof.

Tri square pencil circular saw 2 inch wood screws 3 inch wood screws drill gun an assistant. Cut beams to fit. In general secure 2 by 6 inch boards to the supporting overhead beam of the front porch. So i found myself having to jack up one corner of our front side porch roof.

This tells you the size of the beam needed to support the porch s roof. Patrick goes over the strength of an a frame brace and then demos a wall with a dingo. This means the example porch would need a 6 inch by 8 inch beam. Things you ll need tape measure spade large wooden stakes mallet 2x6 boards about 30 percent longer than the height of your porch eaves enough of them to put two every five feet around.

You may remember my postings last year on. This time i was jacking the porch roof up so i could install my final and last portion of half round gutter. If you are thinking about replacing old rotted porch posts the first thing you ll need to know is how to jack up and support the roof structure properly and. Your porch roof will need to have a lot of support in order for it to stay up through the seasons.

Put your level on the porch roof beam parallel to the front of the porch and that is probably what you ll find happened. Continue installing porch. Nail the boards at a 20 degree. If that is the case don t bring the high side down like you did with the deck.

The bracing technique largely depends on the size weight and type of roof. Calculate the initial value for d then round it up to the nearest inch. Determine how much support is needed. Raise the sagging side back up where it belongs and you ll be able to install equal length posts.