Porch Roof Sagging At Corner

The farthest corner got to level first.

Porch roof sagging at corner.

For less than 20 and a couple hours time i was able to level the sinking side of the porch. This is how it looked just a few days ago. Well it turns out that fixing the sagging roof issue on my front porch was way easier than i had thought it would be. The porch is about 15 ft wide and 7 ft deep.

My porch is sagging on one corner 2 of the 4 sides are attachã directly to the house. Now carefully remove the bracing and lower the porch roof on to the new beam images 3 and 4. Took it up about half an inch at each corner and supported it with 2 6 s. Time for the excitement jacking up the deck.

Sagging porch lines are common on older homes. It only needed to come up about 2 1 2 i put a 2 4 in the gap for comparison. Jack up the porch roof 7 3 4 inches to make room for the new taller beam images 1 and 2. In doing so i lowered one stack nearly two inches to level the front edge of the porch deck.

Installing the downspout outlet on the low portion of the roof sending water back towards the sidewall and or hanging the gutter from strap hangers while options were unfortunately not acceptable to me. The sag is about 1 5. I would like to lift the corner up and add blocks to raise the one corner. Both concrete stacks holding up the front corners needed to be relaid.

The corner was only being supported by one column. Over many years surely the corner of this roof simply sagged. The sag wasn t horrible but it was definitely noticeable and it bugged the heck out of me every time i looked at it. I thought it was going to be some semi major construction removing the existing sagging beam and replacing it.

I have jacked up my porch roof for repairs. Or they could identify a framing issue as the cause of the sagging. 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. This is typically a result of poor foundation work or no foundation at all.

A roofing pro may find that the roof is sagging due to rotten sheathing. The house was built in 1905. If water has penetrated through shingles the plywood can warp weaken or rot so that the roof looks as if it s sagging between rafters. First i cleared out a level area under the porch next to the sinking support column.

The 4x4 corner support column and the brick footing seem to be in good shape. Over time old school wooden pier style supports rot out or sink giving. How to repair a sagging support beam. I started on one end and gave each jack a pump going down the line and repeated pumps in order until the deck started to become level.

Roofs are under dead load. Learn how to install a two column design system to properly support a porch roof.