How To Repair Sagging Roof On Porch

Next use a chisel to remove any pieces of wood such as splinters or broken scraps that may get in the way of your repair.

How to repair sagging roof on porch.

To get your truss or rafter back into shape you can use a steel l channel. Well it turns out that fixing the sagging roof issue on my front porch was way easier than i had thought it would be. Start by fastening temporary wood blocks to the rafter tails image 1. The sag wasn t horrible but it was definitely noticeable and it bugged the heck out of me every time i looked at it.

With the old beam uncovered the temporary beam can be placed on the braces you ve made images 1 and 2. I thought it was going to be some semi major construction removing the existing sagging beam and replacing it. How to repair a sagging support beam step 1. Fixing a truss or rafter.

Attach it to the beam with carriage bolts but do not tighten completely. This will protect the original porch. Install angle iron with the joist back in its original position place one section of the angle iron on the uppermost section of the rafter just before the area where it is sagging or broken.