Determine how much support is needed.
Bracing up a porch roof.
Continue installing porch.
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.
This means the example porch would need a 6 inch by 8 inch beam.
Patrick goes over the strength of an a frame brace and then demos a wall with a dingo.
Tri square pencil circular saw 2 inch wood screws 3 inch wood screws drill gun an assistant.
In the example d calculates to 7 75.
If that is the case don t bring the high side down like you did with the deck.
Calculate the initial value for d then round it up to the nearest inch.
This tells you the size of the beam needed to support the porch s roof.
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.
Jacking up a porch roof at a sidewall.
The bracing technique largely depends on the size weight and type of roof.
You may remember my postings last year on.
How to support a porch roof.
Raise the sagging side back up where it belongs and you ll be able to install equal length posts.
Nail the boards at a 20 degree.
Cut beams to fit.
Your porch roof will need to have a lot of support in order for it to stay up through the seasons.
So i found myself having to jack up one corner of our front side porch roof.
In general secure 2 by 6 inch boards to the supporting overhead beam of the front porch.