Leveling Old Porch Roof

This time i was jacking the porch roof up so i could install my final and last portion of half round gutter.

Leveling old porch roof.

Poppa s cottage recommended for you. Old houses often have floors that are less than perfect. Measure from the bottom of the horizontal support beam to the inside bottom of the 4 by 4 receiving. The corner was only being supported by one column.

Another simple form is the extension roof where the porch roof is merely an extension of the roof of the. I used a 12 x 12 x 1 5 concrete paver to create a stable base to build parallel column. Unsubscribe from wesley arey. Using 8 x 8 x.

Step 1 the first step is to the basement first. Some homeowners when confronted with staggering bills for floor repairs come to terms with their floors. Here we are leveling the foyer and porch roof which had sagged. Hand digging out a 100 year old basement duration.

So i found myself having to jack up one corner of our front side porch roof. You may remember my postings last year on. Jacking up a porch roof at a sidewall. This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house.

We are using jet 5 ton screw jacks under the foyer and homemade lifting posts for the porch r. For less than 20 and a couple hours time i was able to level the sinking side of the porch. Place one precast concrete deck footing directly under the point where the porch was the lowest. Minor workarounds are possible such as leveling individual elements within the floor tables armoires cabinets etc.

The most recognizable type is probably the shed roof where the roof slopes away from the house. Check the ceiling for sagging by attaching a string on one end of the beam and run it along the bottom edge of the beam. 1866 old house porch lift up wesley arey. First i cleared out a level area under the porch next to the sinking support column.