How To Brace Up A Porch Roof
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Create the porch decking supports.
How to brace up a porch roof. Determine how much support is needed your porch roof will need to have a lot of support in order for it to stay. How to support a porch roof step 1. While many like to use. If one side of the roof is supported by the house and the other side is supported by the beam divide the total load by two as the beam is only supporting half of the roof.
Things to consider with jack up a porch roof the prep. 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. Tri square pencil circular saw 2 inch wood screws 3 inch wood screws drill gun an assistant. Measure for posts large 8 x 8 posts are necessary for the use of supporting a porch roof.
Install 4 by 4 inch posts that sit directly on a solid concrete surface and are secured to the concrete with special 4 by 4 inch metal brackets and concrete. In raising the roof i knew was going to have to reset the roof s flashing as it meets a sidewall of the house.