I have 5 roof support posts that are supposed to be resting on concrete blocks but one of them is not even touching the concrete block and the other 4 have some separation from the concrete block. See pics for details. Seems like the ground has settled or something has happened to the house structure causing this separation. I'm not sure what to do about this. Does anyone have advice? On what I should do to solve this problem? Thanks for any help!
First Post Not resting on anything
Other Posts in order of 2 – 5 and how they are sitting on concrete blocks. Notice separations.
Here's another picture showing how the posts are used.
Best Answer
What you need to do is get a couple of hours of a residential truss engineers time.
Ask him if the posts are designed, or should be structural load bearing components of the frame, or just look pretty?
If they are supposed to hold up your house, below frost line footings and fiberglass posts are in your future.
If they are just to be pretty, then shims and hydraulic cement are all you need, and then replace with fiberglass pieces as time and money allow.
Fiberglass posts, columns are great, lightweight, any shape you want, load bearing or not, stay straight, no rot, no bugs, take paint so well.