Build support columns to help support the weight of your porch roof.
Hiw to attach porch roof to fiberglass column.
Since the wrought iron column on this ranch style house was rusty and had seen better days it was replaced with a low maintenance fiberglass one.
Position the post and use the jack to raise the porch beam slightly until the old column can be removed.
If you have a square porch you need support columns at the two corners farthest from the house.
Brace the column frame in place using l brackets and concrete screws.
Tom silva shows the proper way to install a structural and decorative column on a front porch.
He also demonstrates several ways to install weatherproof flashing.
This look can easily be achieved by wrapping your columns in a faux stone veneer.
While the column came prefinished it can be painted a different color if desired.
Measure from the porch beam to the jack and cut the 4 4 to just under this length.
Position a jack directly under the porch beam next to the column.
Attach a short 2 x 6 board to the end of a 4 x 4 post.
Using two inch by four inch studs build a frame for columns that stand from the porch floor to the soon to be built roof.