Supporting An Overhanging Front Porch Roof

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Supporting an overhanging front porch roof.

Large 8 x 8 posts are necessary for the use of supporting a porch roof. Measure the height from the ground to the eaves under your porch. It helps to keep rain and sun off the porch and protects the structure of the building from. If there is also a beam in the middle of the roof divide the total load by three.

This time i was jacking the porch roof up so i could install my final and last portion of half round gutter. Measure the distance between the bottom of the porch roof and the top of the ledger beams of the porch. Then measure on the ground out in front of the porch from one corner taking the tape measure to half of whatever the height of your eaves was. Cut beams to fit.

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You may remember my postings last year on. Repeat from the other end of the porch. Although a porch roof s overhang gives a house an ornamental touch the overhang isn t just decorative. While many like to use the smaller 4 x 4 posts they can tend to warp after they have been standing under the weight for several seasons.

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