No ledger

[Denray]

Deck joists are bracketed to rim joist area through the Hardi. Good coverage from eave above, but will this be a problem down the road? 12yrs old now.

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[rkenney]

Sure it's a problem. That twelve year old argument carries absolutely no weight. In fact the older it gets the better the odds are that it will fail. Wrong is wrong.

No flashing right of the batt. Driven rain doesn't care about the eave.

The brackets are not designed for the fastener that must have been used to reach the band board. If they don't reach the band I doubt it would support its own weight.

Definately not 50 psf.

[Denray]

Thank you Bob.

[Marc]

It's a narrow deck, little weight upon it. I'd write it up, explain what's wrong and how it shoulda been done but I wouldn't go so far as to recommend they do it over.

Now, if that deck gets wider elsewhere that may be a different story.

Marc

[Denray]

Yep, that's what I did Marc

[Richard Moore]

Deck joists are bracketed to rim joist area through the Hardi.

I see at least 4 steps or levels. How can they all be attached to the rim joist?

[John Kogel]

Denny are you sure that every fastener goes through the HPlank to the ledger?

I would say they need a ledger board or a beam support from below.

Ditto Ricardo, 2 minutes in the lead. []

[Denray]

Report goes out tomorrow. Thank you all of you.

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[Mike Lamb]

Questionable structural support and Mr. Hardie would not approve.

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[Denray]

You guys are the best!!!

[Chad Fabry]

The deck attachment to the house is wrong in every regard. I wouldn't hesitate to call it dangerous and I would recommend that it be removed.

[Rob Amaral]

Here's a shot of some fiber-cement in contact with some decking... it's all cheesy... "thus the clearances"

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[Jim Baird]

What Fabry said.

I like to use the word "hazardous", though. I would recommend at least some posts and beams added below to hold up that inner edge and to offer something to hold it laterally.

[Garet]

Hardiplank doesn't have a structural rating; it shouldn't be part of the structure. When I see decks done wrong that "don't look all that bad" I try to keep in mind the housewarming party with all of their guests standing on it - a load the deck might have never been subject to yet.

[hausdok]

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