how do I go about fixing my front porch, the far end(away from the house) looks like it's sinking, plus the wood is starting to rott, part of my roof overhangs above the porch and I want to replace all of the porch but I'm worried about the overhang falling and ripping out of the roof, how can I support the overhang while having enough room to work on the new porch!
2006-07-17 13:56:50 · 4 answers · asked by jmdavis333 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
I had a similar problem few years ago, had to call contractor. The entire porch and roof of the porch had to be separately jacked up, the ground under the porch dug up to a depth of at least 4 feet (frost line), cement support columns poured, the porch resent on the columns, (any bad wood was replaced), and the porch made level, the roof repaired, (bad wood), and reset on the posts, (made level). good luck
2006-07-17 14:00:37 · answer #1 · answered by shire_maid 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
jm...Does your roofline completely cover your porch? I assume so. First, do you know why your outside edge is settling? How old is the porch? Do you know if you have high groundwater or was the porch not build on a solid footing? Most of the time on old constructions (1930's and before) porches were just set on stone footings or worse yet just posts stuck in the ground. At any rate you are going to have to sure up the overhang. Give us a little more info and we will try to help you. Click your modify button and you can add more info, (if you didn't know that.)
2006-07-17 21:09:46 · answer #2 · answered by r0cky74 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Place a square block of wood 12x12 by 2in or 2x4 in a cross pattern. then get a bottle hydraulic jack and jack the porch back up. use 3 or 4 jacks, take your time and do not over jack any part too much. as it goes up use concrete blocks and 2x4 s to level up the porch. If you have doubt in what your doing hire a local handyman to fix it . But if you do it yourself then the bottle jacks and blocks will take it back up . only do this under your own free will .I have not seen the property and am not responsible for any mishaps that you may encounter. "This is how I would do it , but this is me".
2006-07-17 21:07:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is sinking, you live in a house boat, and theres a hole in it, we shoudl have learned our lessons from titantic
2006-07-17 20:59:49 · answer #4 · answered by woundshurtless 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋