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Posts attached to your front porch aren’t supposed to move. Especialy when they are holding up part of your roof.
But mine does. Rut ro.
The short term fix? Shims, a hammer, and then paint. I’ll probably have to replace them soon, but shims trump a possible collapsing roof any day.
Was this something that happened over a long period of time, and you just noticed it? Or did this suddenly happen in the wake of a freak earthquake or something?
No earthquake :), I just live in an old house that constantly has weird things popping up. I wouldn't have noticed the post problem had I not been leaning on it in exactly the right way during some recent outdoor fixes.