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Posted by Walter R. on August 17, 2006, 10:45 pm
Thank you, Robert. Your suggestions make good sense. I can probably do this
myself for about $50.
I am having a contractor look at the situation. Will be interesting to see
what he suggests doing and how much it would cost.
--
Walter
www.rationality.net
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> Walter R. wrote:
>> My house was built 26 years ago. It has an 11x50 concrete patio, set back
>> into the house, with an 11 foot roof overhang. The roof above the patio
>> is supported by three 8x8 (load bearing) wooden posts. The roof above the
>> overhang is concrete tile (like the rest of the house) and thus quite
>> heavy.
>>
>> The 3 wooden posts rest on 18x18 poured concrete piers and are secured by
>> saddle brackets, set in the concrete.
>>
>> The problem: They built the piers/brackets that support the wooden posts
>> about 1" too low.
>> When they poured the pad for the concrete patio, they embedded the wooden
>> posts 1" into the patio concrete slab, with the posts and the brackets
>> sticking up through the patio floor.
>>
>> Therefore, the wooden posts, which are set in the bracket on top of the
>> concrete pier but below the surface of the slab, are starting to develop
>> dry rot because their bottom 1" is embedded in the concrete pad.
>>
>> What can I do to raise the wooden posts out of the concrete? That's a
>> tough one! Any ideas?
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> Support the roof with jacks or timbers, sawzall the bottom of the posts 1"
> or more (whatever you use under the posts will determine this distance,
> but stay at least one inch above top of patio), then slip a standoff base
> under the post. The standoff base can be a standard galvanized base, or
> you could use an 8"x8"x2" concrete pad.
>
> If you don't have enough of the saddle above the finished floor to do
> this, you may have to weld extensions onto them. You could bolt extensions
> on if you have the room to do it. The other option would be to cut off the
> saddle brackets and drill at a forty five degree angle into the bottom of
> the post, through the post base and into the concrete from opposite sides.
> Then epoxy a piece of rebar into the concrete and post.
>
> --
> Robert Allison Rimshot, Inc.
> Georgetown, TX
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