How To Jack A Garage Roof

Bottle jacks are available in a variety of shapes.

How to jack a garage roof.

If you need to lift the walls again the gap will stay covered. If a gap doesn t close up try laying a plank across the roof and pound on it with a sledgehammer. 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. Get to the jacking of the porch roof already jack.

This is a short video only describing some of the bracing involved to prepare the garage to be moved. Finally fill in the outside of the wall with tapered pieces of sheathing and siding. 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. This jack has a maximum extension around 8 inches and it is about 20.

Each side of the iron should be four inches wide with the entire piece being at least two feet long. For the jacking i used a pittsburgh 4 ton hydraulic bottle jack. Please keep in mind this is only a partial video of the. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.

Next assuming that there are no further problems with your timber beams you need to measure the length of the beam. Below the top of the foundation wall. Once you have your wood in place you need to lay. If you find an infestation of.

The first step is to always check the beams so that you can determine their condition. Before applying the finish siding install metal flashing over the sheathing and let the flashing run 3 in.