Bracing Up A Porch Roof

Step 1 measure the height from the ground to the eaves under your porch.

Bracing up a porch roof.

If the roof is attached to the deck it needs to be able to support the weight. I have to remove a brick column and rebuild. Nail the boards at a 20 degree. Now carefully remove the bracing and lower the porch roof on to the new beam images 3 and 4.

This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house. Jacking up a porch roof at a sidewall. Position a mounting bracket at one of the marks on the bottom of the porch. Once it is plumb mark the position on the porch roof.

Raise the sagging side back up where it belongs and you ll be able to install equal length posts. You may remember my postings last year on. If that is the case don t bring the high side down like you did with the deck. 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.

In general secure 2 by 6 inch boards to the supporting overhead beam of the front porch. The bracing technique largely depends on the size weight and type of roof. Porch decks also require larger footings than deck footings. 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. Step 5 wrap the new beam. Put your level on the porch roof beam parallel to the front of the porch and that is probably what you ll find happened. By properly supporting the porch roof with temporary but reliable bracing you can go about your project without worry.

This time i was jacking the porch roof up so i could install my final and last portion of half round gutter. The bracing will take an afternoon and give you as many stress free working days as you need. Decks typically are designed to support 55 pounds per square feet or psf of weight. If the deck doubles as a porch it needs to be able to support no more than 80 psf.