How To Lift A Porch Roof To Fix Porch

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How to lift a porch roof to fix porch.

First i cleared out a level area under the porch next to the sinking support column. I should probably point out that the porch floor pitches and has sagged too but not so much that i am super overly concerned with it. The porch foundation was done with concrete pads and posts. How to repair a rotted porch post ask this old house duration.

Find the cracked shingles and pry them with a flat pry bar to expose the underside. It has plastered interior walls and an the exterior walls are painted lapped cedar. We are using jet 5 ton screw jacks under the foyer and homemade lifting posts for the porch r. Place one high lift jack under the horizontal support beam on both sides of the lowest point of the sagging porch line.

I used a 12 x 12 x 1 5 concrete paver to create a stable base to build parallel column. Here we are leveling the foyer and porch roof which had sagged. Using 8 x 8 x 8 half cinder blocks i build a column to support the jack i would use to raise the porch. Apply a good amount of sealant on the underside of the crack and attach it to the roof.

For years the porch did not move much and we had no winter mice. It s a 10 foot by 10 foot interior porch with a gable roof and a door cut through the living room wall. Pump both jack handles equally until the porch line appears to be level. Hence lifting it would be relatively low risk.

Cracks in the shingles allow water to penetrate the roof and cause it to leak. This old house 915 467 views.