Winter Support Braces for Porch

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by dpg

I for one have no clue what your asking but I'm sure that's just me...

Eons ago, our place was a 40x8 mobile home with an attached 22x8 porch. When it was closed down for the winter, dad put up some simple 2x4 braces under each ceiling rafter and about midway down the rafter. It wasn't much more than a brace like what you'd use to support sheetrock while installing it on the ceiling. Easy to put up, easy to take down.
A couple of "Florida Room" porches I have seen attached to park model RV's seemed somewhat flimsy to say the least, and not designed to withstand a snow load over the winter. I think that is what he is talking about.
Not sure dad's creation would be doable.

Dave

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