How To Jack A Garage Roof

If you need to lift the walls again the gap will stay covered.

How to jack a garage roof. The first step is to always check the beams so that you can determine their condition. Once you have your wood in place you need to lay. Please keep in mind this is only a partial video of the. Drill holes in angle iron to keep the rafter from buckling again you will need to secure it with a piece of 1 2 inch angle iron.

I purchased it at harbor freight tools love harbor freight for certain types of tools like these. This is a short video only describing some of the bracing involved to prepare the garage to be moved. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. If a gap doesn t close up try laying a plank across the roof and pound on it with a sledgehammer.

If you find an infestation of. Get to the jacking of the porch roof already jack. Returning the two broken rafter pieces to the original position can be done using an l bracket but jacks may be necessary to lift the pieces until they are flush. A broken rafter can be especially difficult to repair especially from underneath the roof.

For the jacking i used a pittsburgh 4 ton hydraulic bottle jack. Bottle jacks are available in a variety of shapes. This jack has a maximum extension around 8 inches and it is about 20. Finally fill in the outside of the wall with tapered pieces of sheathing and siding.

Below the top of the foundation wall. Before applying the finish siding install metal flashing over the sheathing and let the flashing run 3 in.