On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:07:59 -0400, mm
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On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:27:37 -0500, Southern Bob
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On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:12:45 -0400, mm
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On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:30:38 -0500, Illinois Bob
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I have a problem with the porch roof and supporting pillars...

http://i27.tinypic.com/2exu9ma.jpg

they lean slightly to the right...

politically... it's no problem...

but esthetically... I need a fix...


any ideas?

Well I see it clearly. The right front top is to the right of the
right rear top.

And the center front post leans a little relative to the door frame.

I have very little experience, but I'm not sure how a bad pier would
cause this. But what do I know.

I would measure it carefully and precisely and check every year or 6
months to make sure it's not getting worse. I'd measure dimensions
and the verticality of the posts. I'm not sure which would show a
change first, but I'd try to measure as many things as I could in a
reasonable amount of time.

yur right... I don't think a bad pier would cause this.... I don't
know how long this thing has been leaning... it's a recent
discovery... however, it has to be corrected and i'm still in the
dark...

there's a giant tree just to the left and I'm tempted to tie a belt to
it and to the far end of the porch pillar and tighten till it's 2
inches on plumb..... mebby I'm simplyfying this a tad.... but I think

And you'll leave it that way? That might work. I thought of putting
a cable and turnbuckle in from the left top rear to the top front
right, and from the left front bottom to the top front right, but a) I
don't know who to attach them well enough to actually pull hard
enough,


I thought of that too... mebby hiding the gear in the attic of the
porch.... might work.....


remove them, I don't know how to keep the porch from going back the
way it was (short of doing something triple ugly, much worse than a
cable from a tree.).


The tree sounds better, if you have to fix this. I would do
measurements as soon as possible. If you see changes in 2 months or
by October, you'll think harder.

my brain hurts now... can't think what it's gonna be like in October

this is prolly the way it's been since day 1... mebby not... don't
know if'n it's worth the bother....

it'll work... with some shims stuck in of course...... but what do I
know.... I'm just a phone man....

Call up the porch and ask it what's bothering it.

heh!... ok.... ring ring....


thanks fer yur help....