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How do you stop a covered front porch pulling away from a house?
I live in the northwest where it rains constantly. My house is over a 100 years old and the front porch is starting to pull away. How do I lift it back up? Is this possible to do or is a contractor definitely needed?
Answer:
When something starts moving after a hundred years it is almost certainly something recent that is causing it. The cause may be with foundation failure, i.e. the stones or concrete beneath the ground holding up the porch, superstructure failure i.e rotting of posts, beams, house structure, etc., overloading of the porch with heavy items, etc. Finding the cause is key to a solution. Probably you need an experienced, reliable contractor to find and fix the problem.
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