Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam.
How to jack up a roof without a hydrolic jack.
Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up.
So to begin i removed the existing counter flashing running about 5 courses up.
Place the jack back underneath the beam but this time under the iron piece.
How to raise a roof using a hydraulic jack 3 of 4 duration.
In raising the roof i knew was going to have to reset the roof s flashing as it meets a sidewall of the house.
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Things to consider with jack up a porch roof the prep.
Some investigation is required before jacking up a roof.
Probably about 2k is the limit for the cheap units without having to use a hammer to turn the thing while better quality ones should be good to about twice that one big advantage of the screw lally vs a hydraulic jack is that you can give the jack a half turn daily for several days vs having to jack all at once when straightening floors etc.