Leveling Old Porch Roof

Straighten out your old house s sagging roof and get rid of those cracks in the wall with these easy to follow steps.

Leveling old porch roof.

Using 8 x 8 x. Measure from the bottom of the horizontal support beam to the inside bottom of the 4 by 4 receiving. This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house. Even historic houses have saggy sloping floors.

Some homeowners when confronted with staggering bills for floor repairs come to terms with their floors. Minor workarounds are possible such as leveling individual elements within the floor tables armoires cabinets etc. I used a 12 x 12 x 1 5 concrete paver to create a stable base to build parallel column. You may remember my postings last year on.

Step 1 the first step is to the basement first. Another simple form is the extension roof where the porch roof is merely an extension of the roof of the. The corner was only being supported by one column. For less than 20 and a couple hours time i was able to level the sinking side of the porch.

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. Poppa s cottage recommended for you. Here we are leveling the foyer and porch roof which had sagged. This time i was jacking the porch roof up so i could install my final and last portion of half round gutter.

Place one precast concrete deck footing directly under the point where the porch was the lowest. Jacking up a porch roof at a sidewall. 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. The most recognizable type is probably the shed roof where the roof slopes away from the house.

We are using jet 5 ton screw jacks under the foyer and homemade lifting posts for the porch r. Unsubscribe from wesley arey. Old houses often have floors that are less than perfect. First i cleared out a level area under the porch next to the sinking support column.