Porch Roof Sagging At Corner

My porch is sagging on one corner 2 of the 4 sides are attachã directly to the house.

Porch roof sagging at corner.

Sagging porch lines are common on older homes. In this case one corner of a neighbor s porch sunk about 1 5 inches over the last couple decades. How to repair a sagging support beam. If the beam is not properly nailed it can also pull loose and this contributes to.

Over many years surely the corner of this roof simply sagged. Jack up the porch roof 7 3 4 inches to make room for the new taller beam images 1 and 2. The house was built in 1905. For less than 20 and a couple hours time i was able to level the sinking side of the porch.

This is typically a result of poor foundation work or no foundation at all. The corner was only being supported by one column. Roofs are under dead load. I thought it was going to be some semi major construction removing the existing sagging beam and replacing it.

First i cleared out a level area under the porch next to the sinking support column. I would like to lift the corner up and add blocks to raise the one corner. This is how it looked just a few days ago. Well it turns out that fixing the sagging roof issue on my front porch was way easier than i had thought it would be.

Cost skill level. The sag wasn t horrible but it was definitely noticeable and it bugged the heck out of me every time i looked at it. The sag is about 1 5. It has been fully enclosed around 1970.

The 4x4 corner support column and the brick footing seem to be in good shape. Installing the downspout outlet on the low portion of the roof sending water back towards the sidewall and or hanging the gutter from strap hangers while options were unfortunately not acceptable to me. Over time old school wooden pier style supports rot out or sink giving.