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How to brace up a porch roof.
Determine how much support is needed your porch roof will need to have a lot of support in order for it to stay.
Install 4 by 4 inch posts that sit directly on a solid concrete surface and are secured to the concrete with special 4 by 4 inch metal brackets and concrete.
How to support a porch roof step 1.
In raising the roof i knew was going to have to reset the roof s flashing as it meets a sidewall of the house.
Tri square pencil circular saw 2 inch wood screws 3 inch wood screws drill gun an assistant.
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.
Create the porch decking supports.
If there is also a beam in the middle of the roof divide the total load by three.
Things to consider with jack up a porch roof the prep.
So to begin i removed the existing counter flashing running about 5 courses up this was as easy as finding nails and prying.