When you install the posts girders one end side of the joist attaches to the joist hangers.
Attach ledger board to concrete foundation.
Here 39 s what i was thinking of doing.
Ledger board attachment to a solid concrete foundation wall when attaching a ledger board to a masonry wall you will want to first cut the ledger board to size and have two helpers hold it in place so you can drill two holes every 12 through the wood where your bolts will be installed.
All my joists are going to be 2x8 so i was going to use 2x10 for the ledger board.
Fastening a ledger to concrete.
I am going to run 2 lapping strips of grace vycor ledger flashing it is like ice.
The sagging of the joists causes a rotation of the ledger board and due to the constraint of momvement caused by the concrete wall the ledger board does not rotate about the anchor bolts but rather the lower edge of the ledger that is in contact with the concrete.
This results in a tensile load on the anchor bolts rather than just a shear loading.
Drill two lengths of ledger board for anchors as described above and anchor them both to the solid concrete stacked to provide a 3 wide ledge along the top edge.
Line up the pilot holes in the board with those on the block.
Most everything i have read talks about connecting it to wood not concrete.
Deck ledger board ledger board attachment to a solid concrete foundation wall.
One of the benefits of this method is that more rigid minimum and maximum lag screw location configurations associated with mounting to band joists can be avoided.
It s also what establishes the overall height and levelness of the entire deck frame.
The outer sides will attach to the top of the girders and form a deck s frame.
Attaching a deck to brick house foundation.
Attaching the deck ledger board.
The ledger is not only the structural connection between the deck and the house.
Beginning from one end drive one 2 1 2 inch tapcon style concrete screw through each pilot hole in the board and into the cinder block.
The fourth technique involves securing the ledger to a concrete foundation wall rather than to the first floor band board.
Step by step instructions on how to install a ledger board to a concrete house foundation wall using expansion anchors.
On this project the 2 10 joists of the main deck frame sit just about even with the top of the foundation and a landing framed with 2x8s sits atop the main frame serving as a transition point.
When fastening to uneven stone or stucco the ledger board must be supported from beneath with a ledger attached to the solid concrete foundation at the bottom of the wall.
