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Water Damage to porch beam in 100 year old house
Hey all, The beam that supports the front part of my porch is water damaged at the ends and starting to drop down a bit. There is over a 1 inch drop as shown in the pic. The bottom of the beam should align with the top of the extruded concrete. It initially appeared the beams were set on the extruded concrete ledge. But I dug the rotted wood back a bit further and it appears that part of the beam is notched and actually extends into the brick post. I need to get this fixed before addressing the root cause with the water leaking from the roof. I'm debating whether to try to fix this myself. My first thought was to bottle jack the beam to level, temporarily support it with a 4x4 post, and then only cut out the water damaged bottom corner and not replace the whole beam. The replacement corner piece would be epoxied/glued and screwed into the existing beam. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm pretty handy, but will probably lean towards a contractor if I need to replace the whole beam. submitted by /u/Key_Program6330 [link] [comments]
| | Hey all, The beam that supports the front part of my porch is water damaged at the ends and starting to drop down a bit. There is over a 1 inch drop as shown in the pic. The bottom of the beam should align with the top of the extruded concrete. It initially appeared the beams were set on the extruded concrete ledge. But I dug the rotted wood back a bit further and it appears that part of the beam is notched and actually extends into the brick post. I need to get this fixed before addressing the root cause with the water leaking from the roof. I'm debating whether to try to fix this myself. My first thought was to bottle jack the beam to level, temporarily support it with a 4x4 post, and then only cut out the water damaged bottom corner and not replace the whole beam. The replacement corner piece would be epoxied/glued and screwed into the existing beam. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm pretty handy, but will probably lean towards a contractor if I need to replace the whole beam. [link] [comments] |
