Jacking up a porch roof at a sidewall.
Porch roof jack.
A roof jack is the best choice for this job although some people choose to use 2x4s.
You may remember my postings last year on.
So i found myself having to jack up one corner of our front side porch roof.
Measure from the porch beam to the jack and cut the 4 4 to just under this length.
Position the post and use the jack to raise the porch beam slightly until the old column can be removed.
2x4s would need to be cut to size an inch or so longer than the column and then hammered into place.
A roof jack besides being more sturdy doesn t need to be hammered into place and therefore won t cause any extra damage to the underside of the roof.
In this video i jack up the corner of porch roof so that i can successfully install a section 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.
1 or 3 of a porch rework more buil.
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