Porch Roof Jack
Jacking up a porch roof at a sidewall.
Porch roof jack. 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. 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. 2x4s would need to be cut to size an inch or so longer than the column and then hammered into place. In this video i jack up the corner of porch roof so that i can successfully install a section of half round gutter.
This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house. 1 or 3 of a porch rework more buil. Measure from the porch beam to the jack and cut the 4 4 to just under this length. You may remember my postings last year on.
Check to make sure the porch beam is level by raising or lowering the jack. This time i was jacking the porch roof up so i could install my final and last portion of half round gutter. So i found myself having to jack up one corner of our front side porch roof.