How To Jack Up A Roof Without A Hydraulic Jack
Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up.
How to jack up a roof without a hydraulic jack. Make sure that you don t push it all the way inside your roof since you might damage it. Bottle jacks are available in a variety of shapes. Make sure that the diagonal holes on the jack are at the top part of the shingle. Place the jack back underneath the beam but this time under the iron piece.
I purchased it at harbor freight tools love harbor freight for certain types of tools like these. Building moxie 51 838 views. Jacking up a porch roof at a side wall duration. When the hydraulic jack returns oil the clamping head on the.
Get to the jacking of the porch roof already jack. Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam. This jack has a maximum extension around 8 inches and it is about 20. 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.
Craig healey 58 968 views. Learn the proper way to install temporary support posts and jack up a sinking house. For the jacking i used a pittsburgh 4 ton hydraulic bottle jack. Then lower the jack down a little at a time so that the metal can take the weight of the roof.
Drive a nail in each slot and pound it down in such a way that it is level with the metal of the jack.