Temporary Porch Roof Support

With the roof supported you can do the repair work.

Temporary porch roof support. Screw a scrap 2x4 beneath each one to act as a foot. 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. Measure for posts large 8 x 8 posts are necessary for the use of supporting a porch roof. While many like to use.

Tri square pencil circular saw 2 inch wood screws 3 inch wood screws drill gun an assistant. How to support a porch roof step 1. For a lightweight awning simple 2x6s will suffice as supports. Temporarily supporting porch roof i usually slam two 2x6 s together in a sandwich and pepper them with nails.

Ron has the answer you have a continuous header across the front of the porch. From typical porch layouts the columns at the corners and depending on. And adequate temporary support columns under the ends of the beam with some diagonal bracing. Bird mouth the top cut and dig a small kicker in at the bottom of course i ll usually have post jacks in place somewhere so i can slightly jack up the roof to release the column.

Stakes go down about 18 to 24. Supporting a porch roof during rebuilding 660238. The support goes from the roof all the way to the ground it doesn t rest on the porch floor. Add some landing pads 2x12s about 2 feet long on the ground about two feet out from the base of the deck.

The roof over this porch is perfectly fine so i want to preserve it but the rest of the porch decking boards and support has a lot of rot. To replace the decking you would not be replacing any columns or framing joists that would be supporting the load of the roof. The support is on an incline. First cut the bottom ends at a 45 degree angle so that they can sit flat on the ground when you run the boards on a diagonal to prop up the awning.

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. Determine how much support is needed your porch roof will need to have a lot of support in order for it to stay.