Locate a position for a header or ledger board.
Roof ledger bolting.
Most residential decks are supported on one side by a ledger that is bolted or lagged to the home s band joist.
Reader questions bolting ledgers to studs.
But are they a one to one replacement for lag screws following the number and placement of fasteners specified in the code.
These 18 articles will teach you how to install flashing and bolt the ledger connection to the house rim.
Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to support the ledger.
It is very important that you use the correct size and type of fasteners to install your ledger board.
Your deck will depend on the load carrying capacity of these screws or bolts to support hundreds of pounds and prevent the deck from ripping away from the house.
Down from top and up from bottom of ledger and staggered up down.
Bolts and screws must be located 2 in.
No farther than 5 inches from the end of every ledger piece but no closer than 2 inches.
The light colored area shows where the first bolt can be placed.
At the end of glenn mathewson s handling lateral loads january february 2012 he proposes connecting a 2x12 ledger one step down from a door threshold something many of us in snow country regularly do.
Max gap between ledger and wall sheathing is in so no you can t use the in.
Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof.
A house attached patio roof takes advantage of the house s structure by supporting one end of the roof on a ledger mounted horizontally to the house.
This connection is critical since a failure here can cause a deck to collapse.
California redwood association patio roof connects to a ledger that firmly attaches to house framing.
Plus you need to double fasteners at ledger butts and ends.
Properly installing a ledger board for your deck is one of the most important structural components of building a safe and strong deck.
To step down bring the lower bolt to its lower limit and attach.
Make sure the bolts are compatible with pressure treated wood.
For installing a deck ledger structural screws such as ledgerloks which don t require pre drilling are so much easier to use than the lag screws and through bolts referenced in the irc.
Make it the full width of the porch or slightly wider depending on your porch design.
Bolt with spacer option over the siding unless it s t 1 11.
Ledger bolting limitations bolts are not allowed to penetrate the ledger in the regions shown in yellow except as shown at the upper bolt where half the bolt can be in the no bolt region.
At first glance it seems impossible to bolt because the minimum distance seems lower than the maximum distance.
The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters.
