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Originally Posted by URY914
I'm working on replacing the 4 4x4's that support the roof on my carport. The carport is an integral part of the house. The 4x4's sit on a brick knee wall and appear to only be toe-nailed top and bottom. Not much holding it down when hurricane season whips up and the wind gets under the carport.
I'm going to use 4x6's with Simpson strong-tie connectors embedded in concrete at the bottom and at the top t-straps connecting to the perimeter beam.
I hope to get the first one replaced this weekend. More to follow with pictures.  |
Here are some pics:
These are columns/posts supporting the carport roof. The red ones are the 4 original 1955 4x4 posts. Green ones are the temporary shoring. The yellow are the two 6x6 out front.
The 4x4 sit on a 2x6 that is "bolted" to the top of the wall.
The 4x4 was toe-nailed to the 2x6. Well they were nailed in 1955. Now the nails are rusted away and the 4x4 just slid off the 2x6 when I jacked up temp 4x4's.
I hoped to find the bolts to be J-bolts and imbedded in concrete/mortar. But what I found was a 6" bolt imbedded in nothing.
At the top, the 4x4 was toe-nailed into the 4x6 perimeter beam. These nails looked pretty good for their age but didn't do much to hold it all together.
I plan on removing the wall completely and replacing 3 of the 4x4 with 4x6's and the one in the corner with a 6x6. I'm using these embeds as the bottom attachment. The base has a 1" standoff to keep the bottom of the post from getting wet rotting out.
I've already replaced the first post with a 4x6 but I'll post pics of the 2nd one as I go.