Step by step instructions on how to install a deck ledger board to a concrete house foundation wall using expansion anchors.
Attaching deck stairs to ledger.
Properly installing a ledger board for your deck is one of the most important structural components of building a safe and strong deck.
The final stage in building your deck is likely going to be when you connect the stairs to the deck.
Drop the level of the new ledger enough to allow at least a 2 in.
Ledger board attachment to a solid concrete foundation wall.
When attaching a ledger board to a masonry.
Gap between the bottom of any doors and the top of the deck boards.
To properly attach a deck ledger follow these guidelines.
My plan was to pour concrete footings then run doubled up 2x8 beams setting on the footings.
Attaching stairs to a deck.
Attaching a deck ledger securely is only half the work of installing a ledger.
You should reinforce the rim behind the stairs to provide a solid base for attachment.
Learn how to build deck stairs.
They are fastened horizontally to the house just below a doorway threshold.
That way water and snow melt won t be able to accumulate and seep under doorsills to ruin interior floors and storm doors will swing past ice snow.
These 18 articles will teach you how to install flashing and bolt the ledger connection to the house rim.
Carefully determine the height for the ledger which will also be the height for all the joist framing.
Laying out attaching deck stair stringers how you attach the stair stringers to the top of the deck and to any landings will be critical.
I am building a 10 x12 deck not attached to a ledger board.
A wider board such as a 2 by 6 or 2.