Porch roof posts – What bottom bracing?
Hello,
I’m building a house with a 9’x48′ front porch (full masonry foundation) with a shed roof. The headers will be white oak 6×8’s (spanning 10 and 12′) supported by white oak 6×6’s. Right now the masonry is level with the rest of the foundation and still needs to be built up about 8″ where the posts will set (will have either concrete pad or brick and sand deck).
The carpenter says thay usually put in temporary posts to support the headers and roof, then put the final posts in after the masonry is brought up.
Here’s the question: What kind of bracing should I use for the bottoms of the posts? I’d like to have something solid that will be more or less flush with the post so it can be trimmed out.
Thanks,
Roger <><
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I'm not sure if i'm on track with what you're saying, but on all of our jobs we've used a product made by simpson strong-tite.We call them buckets.You embed them in the wet concrete and then when it's dry you attatch your post with lag screws these were trimmed with a boot.they sit pretty flat against the postyou may have to drill a notch out of the back of your trim
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Thanks. Since the post will set on the brick rowlock course, do these "simpson strong-tite[s]" attach via the mortar joint or drilled in after?