Jacking Up A Garage Roof

You may remember my postings last year on.

Jacking up a garage roof.

When it s up about an inch wedge the longer post in place to support the. Then lower the jack down a little at a time so that the metal can take the weight of the roof. Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam. A rather simple method of jacking up ceiling joists to take sag out and putting in support lumber.

Once the ledgers are up drive three double headed 16d form nails through the ledgers into each stud. Place the jack back underneath the beam but this time under the iron piece. First perform step 2 except keep the string under your beam and off to the side a bit to make room for some framing. Position the jack on the garage floor at one end of the wall.

This is intended to form an added protective layer helping to avoid any cracks occurring in the wood. Using the shorter post slowly lift up the roof on that side. This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house. Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up.

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. Long 2 8 ledgers to the northeast and southeast walls about 2 ft. From the garage floor.

Now add collar ties from one side of the rafter to the other. Inside the garage tack two 12 ft. 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.