The exterior east side of the porch usually pulls away by about 11 2 inches from the exterior house siding.
Porch pole separating from roof.
Your porch is tilting when i have come across this in the past the bottom line is something is eroding the foundation usually it is drainage but it can also be erosion of a shallow foundation.
You may remember my postings last year on.
Granular insulation from the porch attic is falling into the porch.
There are a few very.
This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house.
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.
We will be depending.
Jacking up a porch roof at a sidewall.
It turned out really beautiful but the flashing isn t done correctly.
Of course you ll also want to inspect the columns themselves for any rot or insect damage.
So at the very least you could hire a contractor to jack up the porch roof and slide your custom made bases under the columns.
So i found myself having to jack up one corner of our front side porch roof.
The first thing i look for is any recent works near the porch which could disturb the drainage under the foundation or the foundation itself.
The good news is that if you have a wood porch column base like mine it s easy to build.