Jacking Up A Garage Roof

From the garage floor.

Jacking up a garage roof.

Once the ledgers are up drive three double headed 16d form nails through the ledgers into each stud. Using the shorter post slowly lift up the roof on that side. 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. When it s up about an inch wedge the longer post in place to support the.

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. This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house. 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.

This is intended to form an added protective layer helping to avoid any cracks occurring in the wood. Jacking up a porch roof at a sidewall. Long 2 8 ledgers to the northeast and southeast walls about 2 ft. You can do this by guarding it using an angle iron piece.

Inside the garage tack two 12 ft. You may remember my postings last year on. First perform step 2 except keep the string under your beam and off to the side a bit to make room for some framing. Then lower the jack down a little at a time so that the metal can take the weight of the roof.

Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam. So i found myself having to jack up one corner of our front side porch roof. Position the jack on the garage floor at one end of the wall.