Jacking Up A Garage Roof

Once the ledgers are up drive three double headed 16d form nails through the ledgers into each stud.

Jacking up a garage roof.

This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house. 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. So i found myself having to jack up one corner of our front side porch roof. From the garage floor.

Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam. Place the jack back underneath the beam but this time under the iron piece. Then lower the jack down a little at a time so that the metal can take the weight of the roof. When it s up about an inch wedge the longer post in place to support the.

First perform step 2 except keep the string under your beam and off to the side a bit to make room for some framing. 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. Long 2 8 ledgers to the northeast and southeast walls about 2 ft. Using the shorter post slowly lift up the roof on that side.

Now add collar ties from one side of the rafter to the other. Inside the garage tack two 12 ft. This time i was jacking the porch roof up so i could install my final and last portion of half round gutter. Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up.

You may remember my postings last year on. You can do this by guarding it using an angle iron piece. A rather simple method of jacking up ceiling joists to take sag out and putting in support lumber.