Jacking Up A Garage Roof

So i found myself having to jack up one corner of our front side porch roof.

Jacking up a garage roof. When it s up about an inch wedge the longer post in place to support the. Once you have established how much the roof sag needs to be jacked up lay a 2x4 plate across the ceiling joists and nail directly under the ridge of the roof. Once the ledgers are up drive three double headed 16d form nails through the ledgers into each stud. From the garage floor.

This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house. You may remember my postings last year on. This is intended to form an added protective layer helping to avoid any cracks occurring in the wood. Using the shorter post slowly lift up the roof on that side.

Jacking up a porch roof at a sidewall. Then lower the jack down a little at a time so that the metal can take the weight of the roof. Position the jack on the garage floor at one end of the wall. Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam.

Now add collar ties from one side of the rafter to the other. This time i was jacking the porch roof up so i could install my final and last portion of half round gutter. A rather simple method of jacking up ceiling joists to take sag out and putting in support lumber. You should obtain a piece that measures 1 2 with sides that measure 4 in length and an overall length of the entire piece being a minimum of 2 feet.

First perform step 2 except keep the string under your beam and off to the side a bit to make room for some framing. Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up. Inside the garage tack two 12 ft.