deck over deck

[John Dirks Jr]

What are possible concerns with deck support posts resting on another deck below? I'll be inspecting this place later today. I did not take these pictures but I will be taking my own later.

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[Jim Morrison]

Structurally, it's no different than the second story of a house. The loads must simply be transferred through the first floor straight to the ground.

[John Dirks Jr]

Structurally, it's no different than the second story of a house. The loads must simply be transferred through the first floor straight to the ground.

Thanks. It should be easy to follow the load paths being that its all exposed.

[Jim Baird]

To my eye there might be some mystery as to those connections on the house side, whether they are thru bolt or not and whether there is meat behind the ledger.

[John Dirks Jr]

To my eye there might be some mystery as to those connections on the house side, whether they are thru bolt or not and whether there is meat behind the ledger.

Yes, I had thought about that. I'll be looking closely. Getting ready to leave to go there now.

[Jesse]

Maybe too late by now... I'd be concerned about lateral support and proper load bearing.

[John Dirks Jr]

It's a waterfront property with a steep slope down towards the water. There are significant structural issues with both the decks and the house.

I won't go into detail about how things were written up but you can be assured they were.

Here are a few pics.

Huge rotting stump and erosion under the deck at the rear base of the foundation.

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Deck support posts loosing bearing due to footing settlement.

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Rotating main support beam.

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[waynesoper]

and I am sure the listing says wonderful NEW deck

[John Dirks Jr]

and I am sure the listing says wonderful NEW deck

...actually, something like this;

...needs TLC but very livable...

The view over the river is quite nice.

[Jim Baird]

I can tell from the original pics that the pickets are spaced too far.