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Thread "Raising a porch roof" started by Jan Anderson on 05/08/2006 4:55am
Top : New Home Construction : Raising a porch roof
Posted by
Jan Anderson
on 05/08/2006 4:55am
Raising a porch roof 
I have a two story four square house with a front porch across the front. The posts supporting the roof have rotted and the porch roof has settled about 1 1/2" the roof extends out 8' from the house and is 25' long. I have put in temporary support posts I need to jack the porch back up and then put in permanent supports. I was thinking three screw jacks one at each corner and one in the middle and slowly raising it. Would this work or is there a better way?

Jan Anderson

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Posted by
John Swaro
on 05/08/2006 4:59am
Re: Raising a porch roof 
I've done several like you describe and they generally go back up pretty easy. The main thing is that you’re cribbing/ support is rock solid and your jacks are not over-extended and rated well above the estimated lift weight. I also set up some solid bracing in the event of a cribbing or jack failure (never happened but scares the hell out of me to think about it).

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