Porch Pole Separating From Roof

Granular insulation from the porch attic is falling into the porch.

Porch pole separating from roof.

This build is a porch addition on an existing metal building home. So i found myself having to jack up one corner of our front side porch roof. The good news is that if you have a wood porch column base like mine it s easy to build. The first thing i look for is any recent works near the porch which could disturb the drainage under the foundation or the foundation itself.

This time i was jacking the porch roof up so i could install my final and last portion of half round gutter. Your porch is tilting when i have come across this in the past the bottom line is something is eroding the foundation usually it is drainage but it can also be erosion of a shallow foundation. If you are thinking about replacing old rotted porch posts the first thing you ll need to know is how to jack up and support the roof structure properly and. We will be depending.

There are a few very. Jacking up a porch roof at a sidewall. This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house. The exterior east side of the porch usually pulls away by about 11 2 inches from the exterior house siding.

Because of the opposing forces from both sides as long as the roof loads are the same on both sides of the ridge pole there is little tendency of the rafters to come loose they arem because of the a frame effect pushing hard against each other through the ridge pole and the resulting friction between the end of the rafter and the ridge. So at the very least you could hire a contractor to jack up the porch roof and slide your custom made bases under the columns.