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Repair Option 2: Ceiling JoistIf the joist's ends are rotten into the masonry pockets, the repair may involve carefully cutting off the rotten ends of the joists and placing a new ledger board in against the house. Joists are reattached to the ledger board using joist hangers and treated lumber. - Begin by removing the bead board ceiling back to expose approximately twelve inches of the joists ends.
- Build a temporary wall out of 2x4's spaced at 24" on center about five inches back from the front wall of the house to temporarily support the ceiling.
- Cut the ends of the rotted or failed joists off to a distance equal to that of the thickness of the new ledger board.
- Prepare the new ledger board by cutting it to the required length, and pre-drill 5/8" holes to prepare the ledger to be bolted to the existing masonry. Temporarily put it in place and mark the locations of the holes. Drill for new lead sleeve anchors into the existing masonry. Place the ledger board in place and insert galvanized lag bolts into the holes and into the lead anchors and begin tightening.
Once the ledger is tight to the wall, attach to new joist hangers to ledger to hold the existing roof joists.Remove the temporary wall and begin reassembly.Start putting it all back together to complete the repair.The images below show the porch roof, before and after the repairs.
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