How To Jack A Garage Roof

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How to jack a garage roof. If you need to lift the walls again the gap will stay covered. Each side of the iron should be four inches wide with the entire piece being at least two feet long. A broken rafter can be especially difficult to repair especially from underneath the roof. 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.

Bottle jacks are available in a variety of shapes. Finally fill in the outside of the wall with tapered pieces of sheathing and siding. If a gap doesn t close up try laying a plank across the roof and pound on it with a sledgehammer. 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.

Move the jack in increments of one inch to allow for the roof to be able to move with it without cracking. Please keep in mind this is only a partial video of the. Before applying the finish siding install metal flashing over the sheathing and let the flashing run 3 in. Below the top of the foundation wall.

The first step is to always check the beams so that you can determine their condition. This jack has a maximum extension around 8 inches and it is about 20. For the jacking i used a pittsburgh 4 ton hydraulic bottle jack. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.

Once you have your wood in place you need to lay. Get to the jacking of the porch roof already jack.