Move the braces into place on top of the bottle jacks image 3 then raise them till they support the roof.
How to temporarily brace a porch roof.
Brace the existing porch roof if necessary.
Jacking up a porch roof at a sidewall.
If the post is not going to be perfectly level use a pry bar on one corner and shim the post before you secure it into position.
Many wooden front porches are connected to the wall of the house at the roof line so if the porch will retain its original roof brace the roof.
With the old beam uncovered the temporary beam can be placed on the braces you ve made images 1 and 2.
Another simple form is the extension roof where the porch roof is merely an extension of the roof of the.
You will need to make sure that each of the posts is plumb.
So i found myself having to jack up one corner of our front side porch roof.
The porch roof is about 10 above grade so the bracing would be greater than 45 closer to 60.
With the first porch roof support in position you can then continue to work along the porch.
This time i was jacking the porch roof up so i could install my final and last portion of half round gutter.
You may remember my postings last year on.
Replacing damaged or rotted support columns on your porch is hard enough work without having to wonder if the roof is going to collapse on you.
A porch roof can take many forms from a tiny gable at the entry to a full width construction that wraps around the house on two or more sides.
Temporarily supporting porch roof i want to support the porch roof just a roof no live load with 2x material attached to a stake maybe 6 back from the porch.
Continue installing porch roof supports.
This will hold the weight of the porch roof while replacing the beam.