Things to consider with jack up a porch roof the prep.
How to brace up a porch roof.
Tri square pencil circular saw 2 inch wood screws 3 inch wood screws drill gun an assistant.
Measure for posts large 8 x 8 posts are necessary for the use of supporting a porch roof.
Create the porch decking supports.
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.
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.
Determine how much support is needed your porch roof will need to have a lot of support in order for it to stay.
If one side of the roof is supported by the house and the other side is supported by the beam divide the total load by two as the beam is only supporting half of the roof.
So to begin i removed the existing counter flashing running about 5 courses up this was as easy as finding nails and prying.
Cut beams to.