Bottle jacks are available in a variety of shapes and sizes.
Porch roof jack.
Akron big moe 56 in adjustable jack post.
Do not raise the roof any further than necessary to remove the porch column.
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Fortunately the adjustment i needed to make was a common size.
Slowly raise the jack until the column is free from the roof or beam.
For the jacking i used a pittsburgh 4 ton hydraulic bottle jack.
I purchased it at harbor freight tools love harbor freight for certain types of tools like these.
The 4 ton jack that came with my ford transit van was more than sufficient to raise the porch a couple of inches.
Akron 19 in adjustable jack post.
You may hear a little cracking sound which is normal.
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Using 8 x 8 x 8 half cinder blocks i build a column to support the jack i would use to raise the porch.
The porch is about 15 ft wide and 7 ft deep.
In doing so i lowered one stack nearly two inches to level the front edge of the porch deck.
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Slide the column out from underneath the roof.
In this video i jack up the corner of porch roof so that i can successfully install a section of half round gutter.
This jack has a maximum extension around 8 inches and it is about 20.
Model j big moe.
The jack did all the work.
Took it up about half an inch at each corner and supported it with 2 6 s.
I have jacked up my porch roof for repairs.
Both concrete stacks holding up the front corners needed to be relaid.
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.