Porch Roof Support Repair

Draw a line around the column about 2 inches above the rotted area and install a temporary brace under the deck porch or roof.

Porch roof support repair.

Unscrew and remove the handrail attached to the rotted porch post. Repeat from the other end of the porch. Start by fastening temporary wood blocks to the rafter tails image 1. The larger the roof is the more support that you are going to need.

Put a stake there in the grass. Two coats of quality paint finish the repair. How to repair a rotted porch post 1. Temporarily support the porch roof on either side of the rotted post with a hydraulic jack and a long 2x4 post.

The next step is to. Your porch roof will need to have a lot of support in order for it to stay up through the seasons. Repeat this procedure so that all the columns look exactly the same and have the same dimensions. Use a reciprocating saw to cut the top of the post free from the overhead.

Lift the overhead structure slightly with the jack and install the repaired post. The porch decking is cut out and a pvc shim is installed beneath the post location. With the post fastened to the header deck and railing we then removed the temporary support post and slowly lowered the hydraulic jack. With the old beam uncovered the temporary beam can be placed on the braces you ve made images 1 and 2.

Determine how much support is needed. Then measure on the ground out in front of the porch from one corner taking the tape measure to half of whatever the height of your eaves was. If not repaired or replaced a structurally deficit porch column may no longer support the porch roof causing extensive damage. Measure the height from the ground to the eaves under your porch.

On this page we share ways to repair your porch columns depending on the amount of decay or damage to a wood porch column you have options ranging from wood restoration products such as liquid wood and epoxy and others to actually replacing part of the column.