Ledger board attachment to a solid concrete foundation wall.
Ledger board to concrete foundation.
The fourth technique involves securing the ledger to a concrete foundation wall rather than to the first floor band board.
Fastening a ledger to concrete.
It s also what establishes the overall height and levelness of the entire deck frame.
These 18 articles will teach you how to install flashing and bolt the ledger connection to the house rim.
Then draw a cutting line across the piece s face.
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.
I am going to run 2 lapping strips of grace vycor ledger flashing it is like ice water shield only 9 wide under the siding and ledger board.
Now according to the dimension of the sill mark the length.
The ledger is not only the structural connection between the deck and the house.
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.
Hold the ledger board in place on the cinder block.
Then i am going to drill into the concrete and use 1 2 x5 5 redhead wedge hot dipped galvanized anchors 2 of them in every other joist bay 16.
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.
Now cut it with a saw.
It is for your ledger board.
Take the ledger board from three inches from end.
Line up the pilot holes in the board with those on the block.
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.
Repeat for each hole making sure that each screw is run all the way in until the head is flush.
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.
Mark the board at 16 intervals from end to end with an extra mark of 2 from other end.