These 18 articles will teach you how to install flashing and bolt the ledger connection to the house rim.
Attaching ledger board to metal siding.
Aluminum and vinyl siding can easily be removed with tin snips from an area one foot surrounding the ledger board location.
A ledger relies on the fasteners and strength of the wood ledger board and rim board of the house to carry the deck live and dead loads.
The ledger board attachment for this home was challenging because it was done after the house was constructed.
Never install a ledger board over the top of siding no matter what you hear this can weaken the connection.
Nail undersill trim j channel will also work over the bottom cut using 11 gauge aluminum nails.
Mark the ledger length.
Set a water level on mark done for the ledger board then make another at a point longer than the length of the ledger.
Properly installing a ledger board for your deck is one of the most important structural components of building a safe and strong deck.
Anchor a ledger to a masonry wall with expanding anchor bolts begin by marking a line across the wall for the ledger s top edge.
Do both sides like this then snap a chalk line in the middle but add 1 inches to the length of the ledger.
Covered by the wrb and siding.
Then cut away the siding.
To ensure proper strength a ledger board should be made.
Make the outline large enough to include space for the deck boards on top the ledger and any trim boards on the sides.
Start by making an outline on the siding where you want to position the ledger board.
So you will learn how the siding was removed and two layers of metal waterproof flashing were installed around the board.
Fastening to masonry walls.
Attaching a deck ledger securely is only half the work of installing a ledger.
Step 1 determine the size of the ledger board.
Ledger boards which lend strength and support to a deck by connecting it to a house must be installed on a virtually flat surface.
Metal or plastic cap flashing covers the top of the ledger with a drop leg of 1 2 in.
In order to install the ledger board you usually need to remove the house s siding.