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How to repair a sagging Bay Window in a old house?

Félix Quiñones
4 years ago

Hello All.

I just bought an old house that have a floor to ceiling bay window. The bay window is sagging, but had two previous installed support with jack post. The jack post are attached to a cylinder concrete support in the bottom. The window is sagging 2 to 3 inches. You can see that in picture one in the corners of the wall where the drywall is damage. I want to fix the problem in the best way possible.

Please, see pictures below.


My questions:

  1. Can I increase the jack post?
  2. Do I need to change the cylinder concrete from the floor?
  3. Do I need to install more 2x6 in the floor of the Bay Window to the interior of the basement? (See the last picture of 2x6 support to the interior of the basement.
  4. Do I need to change the jack post for 4x4?
  5. What other recommendations do you have?

Thank you all in advance.






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