Bracing Up A Porch Roof

Install another bracket in this position.

Bracing up a porch roof.

Jacking up a porch roof at a sidewall. The bracing will take an afternoon and give you as many stress free working days as you need. If that is the case don t bring the high side down like you did with the deck. Nail the boards at a 20 degree.

In general secure 2 by 6 inch boards to the supporting overhead beam of the front porch. I want to support the porch roof just a roof no live load with 2x material attached to a stake maybe 6 back from the porch. I have to remove a brick column and rebuild. Step 1 measure the height from the ground to the eaves under your porch.

Stand a post up in the bracket and hold a level on its side. Porch decks also require larger footings than deck footings. So i found myself having to jack up one corner of our front side porch roof. Decks typically are designed to support 55 pounds per square feet or psf of weight.

Before putting the stronger beam in place jack up the porch roof 7 3 4 inches to make room for the new taller beam images 1 and 2. By properly supporting the porch roof with temporary but reliable bracing you can go about your project without worry. The bracing technique largely depends on the size weight and type of roof. If the roof is attached to the deck it needs to be able to support the weight.

The porch roof is about 10 above grade so the bracing would be greater than 45 closer to 60. Raise the sagging side back up where it belongs and you ll be able to install equal length posts. Step 5 wrap the new beam. Now carefully remove the bracing and lower the porch roof on to the new beam images 3 and 4.

This time i was jacking the porch roof up so i could install my final and last portion of half round gutter. Put your level on the porch roof beam parallel to the front of the porch and that is probably what you ll find happened. This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house. You may remember my postings last year on.